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ERIC Number: EJ618823
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-1046-560X
Conceptions of Science Teaching Revealed by Metaphors and by Answers to Open-Ended Questions.
BouJaoude, Saouma
Journal of Science Teacher Education, v11 n2 p173-86 May 2000
Compares and contrasts conceptions of science teaching by using two methods: analysis of metaphors used to describe teaching, and responses to open-ended questions. Participants were pre-service science teachers with undergraduate degrees in either physics, chemistry, or biology. (Author/SAH)
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Higher Education, Metaphors, Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Teacher Knowledge