Öğretmenlik mesleği kaliteli, özgüvenli ve bilimsel bilgiler ışığında eğitim almış ve bilimsel bilgilere dayanan inançlara sahip olan bireyler yetiştirmek açısından oldukça sorumluluk isteyen ve önem arz eden bir meslektir. Dolayısı ile öğretmen adaylarından da öğrencilere örnek…
This study aimed to (a) explore and understand the intricacy of science teaching as a morally committed practice engaging teachers' practical knowledge; (b) explore science teacher practical knowledge by probing and understanding teachers' interpretations, commitments, and diale…
Bu araştırmada, ortaokul 5, 6, 7 ve 8. sınıf fen bilimleri ders kitaplarında bilimsel okuryazarlık temaları açısından incelenerek, bu temaların ders kitaplarında hangi oranda yer tuttuğunu belirlemek amaçlanmıştır. Nitel araştırma yaklaşımının benimsendiği bu çalışmada içerik an…
The purposes of this quantitative, descriptive study were to investigate Saudi science teachers' beliefs about science and science teaching, and to determine how do Saudi science teachers view educational reform in science and how do they view change in education. In addition, t…
Designed around a practical "practice-what-you-teach" approach to methods instruction, "Your Science Classroom: Becoming an Elementary/Middle School Science Teacher" is based on current constructivist philosophy, organized around 5e inquiry, and guided by the National Science Ed…
Hark, Hark! Hear the Story of a Science Educator highlights some compelling ideas on science teaching and learning through the author's journey and includes evolution and revolution in the growth of scientific knowledge. The book discusses views of McComas et al. and Lederman et…
"Hark, Hark! Hear the Story of a Science Educator highlights some compelling ideas on science teaching and learning through the author's journey and includes evolution and revolution in the growth of scientific knowledge. The book discusses views of McComas et al. and Lederman e…
Hark, Hark! Hear the Story of a Science Educator highlights some compelling ideas on science teaching and learning through the author's journey and includes evolution and revolution in the growth of scientific knowledge. The book discusses views of McComas et al. and Lederman et…
"When you begin a new unit and discover that some students don't understand an important concept, do you just correct the error and give them the answer? If so, you run the risk that students will memorize what you say without changing their core misconceptions. This ... book ex…
This book offers a philosophical framework for understanding the beginnings of scientific thinking in high school students. It provides suggestions for how to use the case studies to practice recognizing, interpreting, and responding to the vital nuances of your own students' th…
This research discusses the issue of education reform in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) through an exploration of the perspectives of a range of participants involved in the preparation programme for science teachers which is run through an existing relationship between the U…
This is a study, which attempts to identify the ideas of science teachers about procedural understanding on a conceptual basis. The principle means of data collection was interviewing science teachers, in England and in Turkey, about their views of practical work in the dimensio…
Each new headline about American students' poor performance in math and science leads to new calls for reform in teaching. This book examines key issues in the debate and offers a vision and recommendations for improving teacher education in science, mathematics, and technology.…
The purposes of this study were to identify the in-service needs of high school science teachers in Istanbul, Turkey according to the subgroups such as school type and gender and determine the priority obstacles preventing these science teachers from attendance at in-service pro…