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ERIC Number: EJ590328
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1999
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4308
Changing Practice by Changing Practice: Toward More Authentic Science and Science Curriculum Development.
Bencze, Larry; Hodson, Derek
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v36 n5 p521-39 May 1999
Describes how two teachers collaborated with a university-based researcher/teacher educator to design and implement more authentic science in a grade 7 classroom. Discusses the ways in which the teachers changed their views about science and science teaching, the anxieties they experienced, and the institutional constraints that impacted their practice. Contains 54 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Action Research, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Grade 7, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Middle Schools, Science and Society, Science Curriculum, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Scientific Principles, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Collaboration
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Canada