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ERIC Number: EJ1021811
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
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Preservice Secondary Science Teachers' Teaching and Reflections during a Teacher Education Program
Roychoudhury, Anita; Rice, Diana
International Journal of Science Education, v35 n13 p2198-2225 2013
The 39 preservice teachers (PSTs) who participated in this study were enrolled in a masters program for secondary science teacher certification. Initially they held broad ideas about teaching and learning gleaned from their own experiences. Guided by the program course work, some PSTs embraced the pedagogical approaches introduced in the program, applied them in their teaching, and reflected on the outcomes. Their reflections showed that they were focused on keeping all of their students interested in science and on student participation in the process of meaning-making. Some PSTs embraced the program goals but struggled to achieve them in teaching. Others focused on transmission of content and did not attempt to develop an environment of student agency. There were nine career-changer PSTs and most of them remained teacher-centered throughout the program. The implications of student- and teacher-centered approaches adopted by the PSTs and the rationales provided by them are discussed in the paper.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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