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Ioannidou, Olga; Finch, Katy; Erduran, Sibel – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2022
A significant issue in the teaching, learning and summative assessment of practical science is that the underpinning model of scientific methods is based on a fairly simplistic and linear account that does not represent how scientists actually do practical work. In this paper, we examine how science teachers in England and Wales view scientific…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Instruction, Scientific Methodology, Science Teachers
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Douglas, Alaster Scott – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2011
This article investigates the learning opportunities in school subject departments for student teachers when participating in a postgraduate certificate of education (PGCE) course in England. The paper draws upon data gathered from a year-long ethnographic study to explain why learning opportunities were different for student teachers in separate…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
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Morrison, Liz; Pitfield, Maggie – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2006
This paper focuses on recent and innovative moves towards flexible learning in initial teacher education programmes in England and Wales, as part of the "widening participation" agenda in higher education and in response to changes in teacher recruitment patterns. We take as our perspective our own experience as two course tutors in a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Practices, Case Studies