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ERIC Number: EJ590327
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: Findings, Limitations, and Recommendations.
Hewson, Peter W.; Tabachnick, B. Robert; Zeichner, Kenneth M.; Lemberger, John
Science Education, v83 n3 p373-84 May 1999
Summarizes 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 hem into practice. Concludes that there are influences on prospective teachers from their content coursework that have significant implications for how they view science and how they teach it. Contains 40 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Action Research, Biology, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Misconceptions, Reflective Teaching, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Conceptual Change Theory of Knowledge; University of Wisconsin Madison; Wisconsin Center for Education Research
Note: For related articles, see SE 061 840-844.