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ERIC Number: EJ615777
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
A Cross-Cultural Survey of Conceptions of Energy among Elementary School Teachers in Training: Empirical Results from Israel and Argentina.
Trumper, Ricardo; Raviolo, Andres; Shnersch, Ana Maria
Teaching and Teacher Education, v16 n7 p697-714 Oct 2000
Investigated whether preservice elementary teachers in Argentina and Israel held scientific views that enabled them to correctly nstruct their future students to achieve a concept of energy, noting differences between the scientific concepts of students in the two countries. Questionnaire data indicated that students were very similar, but their conceptions fell short of the accepted scientific concept in all instances. (SM)
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Energy Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Scientific Concepts, Student Teachers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Argentina; Israel; Teacher Knowledge