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Lotta Jons; John Airey – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2024
This study reports findings from an interview study with eleven teacher educators from a physics teacher training program in Finland. They represented the four training environments that students encounter during their education, i.e. the Department of Physics, the Department of Mathematics and Science Education, the Department of General…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education
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Wang, Jianlan – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2020
Formal teacher preparation programs are facing the challenge of ineffective instruction of educational theories. It is partly because educational theories are taught through direct instruction, which could lead to problems such as impersonality and low motivation of pre-service teachers. In addition, it is also an unwieldy task for teacher…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Direct Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education
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Etkina, Eugenia; Gregorcic, Bor; Vokos, Stamatis – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2017
Extant literature on teacher preparation suggests that preservice teachers learn best when they are immersed in a community that allows them to develop dispositions, knowledge, and practical skills and share with the community a strong vision of what good teaching entails. However, even if the requisite dispositions, knowledge, and skills in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
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Nugent, Gwen; Kunz, Gina; Houston, James; Wu, ChaoRong; Patwardhan, Irina; Lee, SoonChun; DeChenne-Peters, Sue Ellen; Luo, LinLin – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2018
This study investigated the impact of a summer institute with follow-up coaching (treatment) versus no professional development (control) on middle and high school teacher and student science practice outcomes. Treatment teachers participated in a 2-week summer institute that used evidence-based professional development practices followed by…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers, High School Students, Secondary School Teachers
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Bose, Kabita; Seetso, Grace – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2016
This article presents a study regarding preschool teachers' skills and competencies in teaching science and mathematics. The aim of the project was twofold; one to find out the preschool teachers' knowledge about mathematics and science concepts and then to develop support material to empower them with skills and competencies to teach these…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education, Science Instruction
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Ferreira, Maria Madalena – Journal of Educational Issues, 2015
Teacher professional development plays an important role in a teacher's growth and every year school districts spend a large portion of their budgets in professional development activities. However, as districts face increasing budget cuts, funds for professional development compete against other district priorities. As a result, partnerships…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Elementary School Teachers, Science Instruction
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Liaghatdar, Mohammad J.; Soltani, Asghar; Shojaei, Rashin; Siadat, Ali – International Education Studies, 2012
This study has examined the characteristics of physics teachers, their professional competences, supplies of equipments and technologies, appropriate textbooks and motivational factors in students' learning of physics from female physics teacher's points of view. The population included all female physics teachers in Isfahan city and a total of 88…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Physics, Teacher Competencies
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Brown, Danielle Bairrington; Alford, Beverly L.; Rollins, Kayla Braziel; Stillisano, Jacqueline R.; Waxman, Hersh C. – Professional Development in Education, 2013
The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to evaluate the efficacy of 14 Mathematics, Science and Technology Teacher Preparation (MSTTP) academies located across the state of Texas. The aim of the academies was to increase the number of highly qualified mathematics, science and technology teachers, while also improving the quality of certified…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Mathematics Instruction, Science Instruction, Technology Education
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Davies, Dan – Professional Development in Education, 2010
This article reports on issues arising from the external evaluation of a teacher development project--the Active Learning in Primary Science (ALPS) project--undertaken in eight Bristol (UK) primary schools during 2007. The ALPS project aimed to raise pupil attainment in science by developing participating teachers' skills, knowledge and enthusiasm…
Descriptors: Hands on Science, Active Learning, Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Beckner, Gary, Ed. – Association of American Educators Foundation, 2011
"Education Matters" is the monthly newsletter of the Association of American Educators (AAE), an organization dedicated to advancing the American teaching profession through personal growth, professional development, teacher advocacy and protection. This issue of the newsletter includes: (1) The Teacher Factor: Great Teachers Are the Key to Real…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Newsletters, Teacher Competencies, Academic Achievement
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Trumbull, Deborah J.; Fluet, Kimberly – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This paper describes the evolution of assignments in a course for students preparing to teach secondary science, mathematics, and agriculture science. We describe and analyze work done by preservice students in two different years to look for developing teacher knowledge, explicate how we have come to understand teacher knowledge as it was enacted…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Educators, Secondary School Teachers
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Newton, Douglas P.; Newton, Lynn D. – Educational Studies, 2009
Primary school teachers generally have to teach several subjects. Their training, however, is often fairly short and it is tempting to force-feed them with everything they need to know to teach these subjects. It is more realistic to accept that a short course cannot do everything. Instead, it would be better to equip these students with skills…
Descriptors: Minicourses, Problem Based Learning, Skill Development, Teaching Methods
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Dawkins, Karen R.; Dickerson, Daniel L.; McKinney, Sueanne E.; Butler, Susan – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2008
Content knowledge and pedagogical practices are of particular concern to middle school science instructors teaching density. First introduced in elementary grades with the ideas of floating and sinking, density taught in middle school is geared toward understanding through the use of mathematical formulas. Using a lesson-plan study design, the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Middle Schools, Science Teachers, Mathematical Formulas
Logerwell, Mollianne G. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of a summer science camp teaching experience on preservice elementary teachers' science teaching efficacy, science content knowledge, and understanding of the nature of science. Master's degree students enrolled in the elementary Fairfax Partnership Schools (FPS, n = 21) cohort served as the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Scientific Principles, Methods Courses, Professional Development Schools
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Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad; BouJaoude, Saouma – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1997
Describes the knowledge base of a group of science teachers as related to the structure, function, and development of their disciplines and their understanding of the nature of science. Twenty teachers participated in this study and their knowledge base was found lacking in all respects. The assumption was that teacher preparation programs are not…
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers
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