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Schultz, M.; Lawrie, G. A.; Bailey, C. H.; Dargaville, B. L. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
An established tool for collating secondary teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (Loughran's CoRe) has been adapted for use by tertiary educators. Chemistry lecturers with a range of levels of experience were invited to participate in workshops through which the tool was piloted, refined and applied. We now present this refined tool for the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Tsao, Yea-Ling; Lin, Yi-Chung – Online Submission, 2012
The goal of this study was to investigate understanding of in-service elementary school teachers in Taiwan about number sense, teaching strategies of number sense and the development of number sense of students. Data were gathered through interviews of nine elementary mathematics teachers, regarding their understanding about number sense. The data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Number Concepts, Mathematics Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Usak, Muhammet; Ozden, Mustafa; Eilks, Ingo – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
This paper describes a case study focusing on the subject matter knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and beliefs about science teaching of student teachers in Turkey at the start of their university education. The topic of interest was that of teaching chemical reactions in secondary chemistry education. A written test was developed which…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Beyer, Carrie J.; Davis, Elizabeth A. – Science Education, 2012
Teachers often engage in curricular planning by critiquing and adapting existing curriculum materials to contextualize lessons and compensate for their deficiencies. Designing instruction for students is shaped by teachers' ability to apply a variety of personal resources, including their pedagogical content knowledge (PCK). This study…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Science Tests, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education
Myers, Brian E.; Thoron, Andrew C.; Thompson, Gregory W. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to determine perceptions of participants in the 2007 National Agriscience Teacher Ambassador Academy (NATAA) toward integrating science into the agricultural education curriculum. NATAA participants felt that students are more motivated to learn, better prepared in science, provided more opportunities to solve…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Integrated Curriculum, Teacher Attitudes, Barriers
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Bataineh, Osamah; Alazzi, Khaled F. – International Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to discover themes or concepts, generated from the collected data, that formed building blocks of grounded theory in the study of secondary school social studies teachers' perspectives. This research study was conducted in Jordan, where secondary school social studies teachers were interviewed regarding their…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
Harlin, Julie F.; Roberts, T. Grady; Dooley, Kim E.; Murphrey, Theresa P. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine the competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities) required of effective Agricultural Science teachers both inside and outside the classroom as perceived by preservice and inservice teachers and to suggest ways that preservice teachers can gain those competencies prior to entering the teaching…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods, Teacher Competencies