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50 Years of ERIC
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Collaborative Approaches in Initial Teacher Education: Lessons from Approaches to Developing Student Teachers' Use of the Internet in Science Teaching
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Sorensen, Pete; Twidle, John; Childs, Ann – Teacher Development, 2014
In many countries, governments are keen to persuade teachers at all levels to seek to enhance the learning of their students by incorporating information and communication technologies within their classrooms. This paper reports on the development of collaborative approaches to supporting use of the Internet by Post Graduate Certificate of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Internet, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
School Subject Departments as Sites for Science Teachers Learning Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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McNicholl, Jane; Childs, Ann; Burn, Katharine – Teacher Development, 2013
This paper reports a study that explored science teacher learning of pedagogical content knowledge and the factors that facilitated this in their workplace, schools. The research design employed interview and observation in two secondary school science departments in England. A seven part construct of PCK was used to analyse all data and the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Foreign Countries
What Influences the Learning Cultures of Subject Departments in Secondary Schools? A Study of Four Subject Departments in England
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Childs, Ann; Burn, Katharine; McNicholl, Jane – Teacher Development, 2013
This paper reports on a study exploring teacher learning of subject content knowledge (SCK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in four subject departments of secondary schools in England. The research design employed interview and observation. This paper focuses on characterising the cultures of the subject departments from the…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Disciplines, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Science Teachers Teaching outside of Subject Specialism: Challenges, Strategies Adopted and Implications for Initial Teacher Education
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Childs, Ann; McNicholl, Jane – Teacher Development, 2007
This article reports a research study that investigated, through semi-structured interviews, the perceptions of a range of 18 science teachers, including trainee teachers, of teaching outside their main subject specialism. In particular, the aim was to understand the issues and challenges science teachers face in teaching outside their subject…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Comparative Analysis