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Demet Sahin Kalyon; Yasemin Özdem Yilmaz – Science & Education, 2025
Argumentation is an indispensable part of scientific knowledge construction, and the inquiry laboratory is full of opportunities for argumentation. Yet, at primary schools, students learn science without any inducement to argumentation or inquiry. To fill this need, this study was aimed to develop pre-service primary teachers' understanding of and…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Knowledge Level
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F. J. García; E. M. Lendínez; A. M. Lerma; A. M. Abril – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2024
Existing research has highlighted the key role of observation and reflection in teacher learning during lesson study interventions, and how challenging it can be for pre-service teachers. This study focuses on the post-lesson discussion phase and on the observation of the research lesson of a lesson study process. It is carried out with early…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Early Childhood Teachers, Communities of Practice
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Sinem Gencer; Funda Ekici – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to improve preservice chemistry teachers' understanding of surface tension by using guided-inquiry activities. Ten preservice chemistry teachers participated in this study. Data were collected with open-ended questions on the effect of molecular weight, branching, and temperature on surface tension before and after…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Chemistry, Preservice Teacher Education, Scientific Concepts
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Rasis, Rifqi; Paidi; Suhartini; Kuswanto, Heru; Hartanti, Ratna Dyah – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2023
Pre-service biology teachers' environmental literacy is still generally low. It is necessary to improve their environmental literacy through the innovation of open inquiry learning kits. There are two primary aims of this study: (1) to develop appropriate open inquiry learning kits that can foster pre-service biology teachers' environmental…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Literacy, Biology, Preservice Teachers
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Amal Ibourk; Lauren Wagner; Clausell Mathis – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2023
Background: Understanding the properties of sound is difficult for students across all grade levels and even preservice elementary teachers (PSETs). Because of their abstract nature, there are challenges interpreting common features of sound waves. Purpose: The goal of this study is to understand pre-service elementary teachers' (PSETs)…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Acoustics, Electronic Learning
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Khureerung, Adchara Chaisri; Thao-Do, Thi Phuong – Journal of Educational Issues, 2022
The objectives of this research were: (1) To develop and examine a learning model using STEM activities for pre-service science teachers; and (2) To study the condition and develop a learning model using STEM activities in science teaching integrated with Thai local context using schools and communities as bases. The target group of the research…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, STEM Education, Science Instruction, Learning Activities
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Ya-Ching Fan – Science & Education, 2024
To assist preservice elementary teachers in attaining scientific competence, knowledge, and understanding of interdisciplinary concepts, a teacher education model--the combined individual microteaching, modeled teaching, and inquiry-based team-teaching (CIMIT) model--was established, and its effectiveness was evaluated. A quasiexperimental design…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Instructional Effectiveness, Competence
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Junxia Long; Tan Yee Hock – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2025
Fostering students' scientific literacy is a key goal of science education, with understanding the nature of scientific inquiry (NOSI) as a central component. Achieving this goal requires teachers to possess adequate knowledge in this area. However, assessments indicate that pre-service science teachers (PSTs) have not yet developed comprehensive…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level
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Maider Pérez de Villarreal; Paolo Scotton – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2024
Gender equality and women's empowerment are important issues that still need to be addressed, despite some progress in recent years. The United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which aim to tackle various global challenges, including the 4th (Quality Education) and 5th (Gender…
Descriptors: Sex Fairness, Foreign Countries, Females, Concept Mapping
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Cheryl J. Craig; Paige Evans; Donna Stokes; Leah McAlister-Shields; Gayle A. Curtis – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2024
This article presents a multi-layered approach to mentoring within an urban secondary teacher education program in the mid-southern United States. The featured case focuses on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), although multi-layered mentoring could occur in other subject areas or in general preservice teacher education. The…
Descriptors: Mentors, Urban Schools, Secondary School Teachers, STEM Education
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Valls-Bautista, Cristina; Solé-LLussà, Anna; Casanoves, Marina – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2021
Purpose: Scientific inquiry is a leading methodology that promotes science process skills to acquire scientific knowledge. There is evidence that primary school teachers have difficulties introducing inquiry-based activities in their classrooms. Hence, adequate teacher instruction in inquiry methodology is important to apply inquiry-based…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Scientific Concepts, Science Process Skills
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Inaltekin, Tufan; Kirman Bilgin, Arzu – International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 2022
The purpose of this research is to examine how working individually and as a team in solving pedagogical scenarios for teaching science subjects is reflected in the teaching preferences of preservice science teachers. This interpretive case study was conducted with 69 preservice science teachers studying at a university in eastern Turkey. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Science Teachers
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Zoupidis, Anastasios; Tselfes, Vasilis; Kariotoglou, Petros – International Journal of Early Years Education, 2023
In this study we investigated pre-service early childhood teachers' (referred to as student teachers) beliefs that might influence their intention to use inquiry-based learning methods that have been taught on an inquiry-based science course. During this course, the student teachers (N = 17) participated in a number of classroom experiments…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Beliefs, Intention
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Yang, Yuqin; Zhu, Gaoxia; Sun, Daner; Chan, Carol K. K. – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2022
Helping pre-service teachers (PSTs) develop competencies in collaborative inquiry and knowledge building is crucial, but this subject remains largely unexplored in CSCL. This study examines the design and process of collaborative analytics-supported reflective assessment and its effects on promoting PSTs to develop their competencies in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Knowledge Level, Cognitive Mapping, Learning Processes
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Monk, Sue; Riley, Tasha; Van Issum, Harry – Journal of Transformative Education, 2023
In this article, we discuss the role of affective learning and arts-based inquiry as a catalyst for providing transformative learning experiences in teaching social justice issues related to Indigenous cultures and histories. The research was conducted with first-year pre-service teachers studying an Indigenous Knowledges course as part of their…
Descriptors: Art Education, Inquiry, Indigenous Populations, Teaching Methods
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