ERIC Number: EJ1147836
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1029-8457
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Pre-Service Science Teachers' Understanding of Argumentation
Ghebru, Senait; Ogunniyi, Meshach
African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, v21 n1 p49-60 2017
The study is part of a larger project concerned with addressing the problem that Eritrean science teachers face in their attempt to implement a new learner-centred science curriculum. Specifically, the study attempted to determine the effects of the use of an Argumentation-Based Instructional Model (ABIM) on 25 pre-service science teachers' understanding of argumentation and its role in science teaching. Responses to an open-ended Learner-Centred Argumentation Instruction Questionnaire and interview responses were analysed qualitatively using open coding and the generation of categories. The Contiguity Argumentation Theory categories were also used to describe the type of cognitive shifts made by the group of pre-service teachers. The findings show that as a result of their experience with ABIM, the participants: (a) made noticeable cognitive shifts from seeing argumentation as a debate to win a case to a form of dialogue for reaching consensus; (b) became aware of the difference between everyday and scientific types of argumentation; and (c) came to recognize the important role that argumentation could play in science education.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Level, Persuasive Discourse, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Questionnaires, Interviews, Coding, Cognitive Development, Case Studies, Intervention, Pretests Posttests, Qualitative Research
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Eritrea
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