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ERIC Number: EJ590322
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Educating Prospective Teachers of Biology: Introduction and Research Methods.
Hewson, Peter W.; Tabachnick, B. Robert; Zeichner, Kenneth M.; Blomker, Kathryn B.; Meyer, Helen; Lemberger, John; Marion, Robin; Park, Hyun-Ju; Toolin, Regina
Science Education, v83 n3 p247-73 May 1999
Introduces an issue that details a complex study of a science-teacher-education program whose goal was to graduate teachers who held conceptual change conceptions of teaching science and were disposed to put them into practice. Presents a conceptual framework for science-teacher education, and describes the context and major questions of the research study. Contains 98 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Biology, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Misconceptions, Preservice Teacher Education, Reflective Teaching, Science Education, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change Theory of Knowledge; Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Note: Based on a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (New Orleans, LA, April, 1994). For related articles, see SE 061 840-844.