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Hobbs, Linda – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2020
Learning to teach science out-of-field (OOF)--teaching science without the required qualifications or specializations--raises a number of challenges for teachers. This paper uses a spatial-temporal lens to examine teachers' experiences of learning to teaching science subjects OOF over time. The analysis draws on longitudinal interviews with OOF…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Teacher Qualifications, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Course Content
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Chittleborough, Gail – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
The Australian Government initiative, Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF), was a targeted response to improve the preparation of future teachers with integrating technology into their practice. This paper reports on TTF research involving 28 preservice teachers undertaking a chemistry curriculum studies unit that adopted a technological focus.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology
Foster, Colin – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2012
A science teacher has the advantage of hooking learners with all their senses: flashes, bangs and smells. The science labs are something that many learners at the start of secondary school (high school) are eager to explore, and when there is an open day at school it feels unfair that the mathematics department has to try to compete for excitement…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach, Mathematics Teachers
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Masters, Jennifer; Carolan, James; Draaisma, Graeme – Australian Educational Computing, 2013
The La Trobe University iteration of the Teaching Teachers for the Future (TTF) project focused initially on subject in the second semester, third year of the Bachelor of Education course called the Multi-Disciplinary Science & Technology Integrated Experience (MSTIE). Two pairs of pre-service teachers were placed in the school where the TTF…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Technology Integration
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Fitzgerald, Angela; Schneider, Katrin – Teaching Science, 2013
Impending change can provide us with the opportunity to rethink and renew the things that we do. The first phase of the Australian Curriculum implementation offers primary school teachers the chance to examine their approaches to science learning and teaching. This paper focuses on the perceptions of three primary school teachers regarding what…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Curriculum Implementation
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Campbell, Coral; Chittleborough, Gail – Teaching Science, 2014
A Victorian government initiative called "The Primary Science Specialists Professional Learning Program" is designed to tackle students' falling interest in science by investing in the building of teacher capacity. The aims of the initiative are: to improve the science knowledge base of all teachers and therefore increase teachers'…
Descriptors: Specialists, Instructional Improvement, Science Course Improvement Projects, Science Instruction
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Doyle, Helen; Reading, Chris – Australian Educational Computing, 2013
It's time to prepare teachers to take the plunge to teach in virtual worlds. Students are already there and their teachers need to follow. Unfortunately, teachers are often resistant to change their teaching practice, especially regarding the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) such as virtual worlds. The authors report on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Instruction, Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Ferry, Brian – Research in Science Education, 1996
Reports on the use of a HyperCard-based tool by preservice teachers to create and modify concept maps about science- related subject matter. Data gathered from interviews, journals, and concept maps indicate that the concept-mapping tool was easy to use and allowed teachers to organize their cognitive frameworks into more powerful integrated…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Mulholland, Judith; Wallace, John – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 1996
Describes the experiences of five mature-age preservice elementary teachers in a semester unit of science education designed to help teachers examine and make explicit their ideas about science and science teaching. Reports that the teachers expressed a need for a supportive environment in which concepts were built gradually and introduced using…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education
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Peterson, Raymond F.; Treagust, David F. – Science Education, 1998
Details a study exploring a problem-based learning framework used to develop preservice teachers' knowledge base for teaching and pedagogical reasoning ability. Emphasizes an undergraduate preservice science teacher education unit. Contains 30 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Schibeci, Renato A.; Hickey, Ruth – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2000
Explores the science content knowledge of elementary school teachers and its possible role in helping them teach effectively. Studies the issues in the context of an investigation of the views of elementary school teachers (n=106) who had participated in professional development courses that focused on the topic "natural and processed…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Chemistry, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Stephenson, Philip; Warwick, Paul – Investigating, 2001
Provides a progression of terms of underlying concepts related to moving and falling objects, and links these concepts to activities that are appropriate for various age ranges. Speculates on the role of teacher knowledge in effective science teaching. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Representation
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Jones, Alison – Investigating, 1999
Summarizes the events that took place at the Primary Science Seminar held by the Science Teachers' Association of Western Australia (STAWA). Features instructions for seven time-related activities taught at the seminar including Sundials, Water Clock, Sand Timer, Pendulum, Tornado Timer, Marble Timer, and A Matter of Timing. (WRM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Horology, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Koch, Janice; Appleton, Ken – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
This study describes an elementary science model of professional development through mentoring by university science education professors working with teachers at a private elementary school in a regional city in Queensland, Australia. A cross-cultural collaboration involving professors from the United States and Australia resulted in the socially…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Science Education, Faculty Development
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Peterson, Ray; Treagust, David – Research in Science Education, 1995
Uses case studies to explore the pedagogical reasoning ability of second-year preservice primary teachers. Reports that the framework provided in a problem-based science education course enabled the teachers to refine their reasoning ability and to integrate their science knowledge, curriculum knowledge, and knowledge of learners. (Author/JRH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Logical Thinking
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