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Pellikka, Anne; Lutovac, Sonja; Kaasila, Raimo – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
This study examines pre-service primary school teachers' (PSTs') possible selves in relation to science teaching and the ways in which these possible selves change over time. This longitudinal study adds to the body of knowledge by examining PSTs' possible selves at various time points throughout their teacher preparation: three PSTs, selected…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Self Concept, Professional Identity
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Buldur, Serkan – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate the changes in preservice science teachers' beliefs about science teaching during a science teacher training programme. The study was designed as a panel study, and the data were collected from the same participants at the end of each academic year during a four-year period. The participants…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Science Instruction
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Palmer, David; Dixon, Jeanette; Archer, Jennifer – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Many preservice primary teachers have low self-efficacy for science teaching. Although science methods courses have often been shown to enhance self-efficacy, science content courses have been relatively ineffective in this respect. This study investigated whether a tailored science content course would enhance self-efficacy. The participants were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Interviews
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Ambusaidi, Abdullah K.; Al-Balushi, Sulaiman M. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2012
This is a longitudinal study aimed at revealing the beliefs of prospective science teachers in the College of Education at Sultan Qaboos University/Sultanate of Oman about science teaching. To achieve this aim a Draw-A-Science-Teacher-Test Checklist (DASTT-C) tool was used. The study sample consisted of (45) prospective science teachers in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Check Lists, Science Teachers
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Ensor, Paula – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2004
This article is concerned with the different ways in which teacher education pedagogic discourse is structured, and the potential of different types of structure to successfully induct student teachers as effective practitioners. The article uses Bernstein's concepts of classification and framing as axes of variation in describing different types…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Teacher Education, Student Teachers
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Glasson, George E.; Frykholm, Jeffrey A.; Mhango, Ndalapa A.; Phiri, Absalom D. – Science Education, 2006
The purpose of this 2-year study was to investigate Malawian teacher educators' perspectives and dispositions toward teaching about ecological sustainability issues in Malawi, a developing country in sub-Sahara Africa. This study was embedded in a larger theoretical framework of investigating earth systems science through the understanding of…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Education, Foreign Countries, Critical Theory