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Direct linkDue, Karin; Skoog, Marianne; Areljung, Sofie; Ottander, Christina; Sundberg, Bodil – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
This study aims to contribute knowledge about obstacles and opportunities for pedagogical continuity in science across early childhood education. We use activity theory to analyse individual interviews and group meetings with teachers from preschool (age 1-5), preschool class (age 6) and grade 1-3 (age 7-9) in three Swedish school units. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Nilsson, Pernilla; Elm, Annika – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2017
During the past decade, early childhood teachers have been faced with new needs to develop their content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) for different science subject areas. In order to meet these challenges there is a strong need for professional learning programmes for early childhood teachers that focus on the development of…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Instruction, Science Activities
Mayaba, Nokhanyo; Otterup, Tore; Webb, Paul – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2013
Problems of poor performance in science and mathematics education have been related to language deficiencies, including writing skills. Writing to learn science is an important skill but is not easy to acquire, especially when children learn in a second language. In order to investigate possibilities for developing writing in South African and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Content Area Writing, Science Instruction, Case Studies
Nilsson, Pernilla – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
This paper explores the development of student-teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) during pre-service education. Four student-teachers in mathematics and science participated in a project teaching physics to students aged 9-11 years once a week over a 12-month period. One-third of the lessons were videotaped and the student-teachers were…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Physics
