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ERIC Number: EJ450688
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0036-8326
Science Teaching and Teachers' Knowledge: Prospects for Reform of Elementary Classrooms.
Wallace, John; Louden, William
Science Education, v76 n5 p507-21 Sep 1992
From observations of four Canadian elementary schoolteachers, this article describes teacher practice and teacher knowledge within the context of science education. Four assertions emerged from the study what teachers do depends of their biography and experience; teachers search for comfortable patterns of practice; teacher knowledge develops gradually and hesitantly; and teachers have little time for experimentation. (46 references) (PR)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Research, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Postsecondary Education, Qualitative Research, Science Education, Science Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada