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ERIC Number: EJ1335851
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 27
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
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Supporting the Implementation of a Nanotechnology Teaching-Learning Sequence through Post-Induction Science Teacher Mentoring
Michailidi, Emily; Stavrou, Dimitris
International Journal of Science Education, v44 n2 p297-323 2022
This study focuses on post-induction mentoring as a vehicle for science teachers' training in implementing a nanotechnology teaching-learning sequence. Five mentors and 15 mentee-teachers participated in a 9-months long mentoring programme. Qualitative methods of analysis were used to examine the content of the mentoring conversations and the employed mentoring practices. Our findings indicate that the focus of the mentoring conversations was mainly set on the necessary strategies for teaching nanotechnology and secondarily on the resolution of organisational issues that arose. As regards the mentoring activities, mentors tended to address the arisen issues by giving advice, sharing their knowledge and teaching materials and by modelling the conduct of the lessons. The paper highlights the contribution of mentoring to the professional growth of post-induction teachers mainly in terms of broadening their teaching repertoire on nanotechnology issues.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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