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ERIC Number: EJ659918
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
How Primary Trainee Teachers Perceive the Development of Their Own Scientific Knowledge: Links between Confidence, Content and Competence?
Shallcross, Tony; Spink, Elaine; Stephenson, Philip; Warwick, Paul
International Journal of Science Education, v24 n12 p1293-1312 Dec 2002
Examines two UK research studies, one from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and one from Homerton College, Cambridge, on initial teacher education (ITE) trainees' confidence in their science knowledge. Reveals the importance of school experience in developing this knowledge. Discusses implications of these surveys for the design of ITE primary core science programs in the UK. (Contains 43 references.) (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Knowledge Level, Science Education, Surveys, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: United Kingdom