Professional Development for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning

✍ Scribed by Olia E. Tsivitanidou, Peter Gray, Eliza Rybska, Loucas Louca, Costas P. Constantinou

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 277
• Series: Contributions from Science Education Research 5
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

​This book examines the implementation of inquiry-based approaches in science teaching and learning. It explores the ways that those approaches could be promoted across various contexts in Europe through initial teacher preparation, induction programmes and professional development activities. It illustrates connections between scientific knowledge deriving from the science education research community, teaching practices deriving from the science teachers’ community, and educational innovation.
Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning (IBST/L) has been promoted as a policy response to pressing educational challenges, including disengagement from science learning and the need for citizens to be in a position to evaluate evidence on pressing socio-scientific issues. Effective IBST/L requires well-prepared and skilful teachers, who can act as facilitators of student learning and who are able to adapt inquiry-based activity sequences to their everyday teaching practice. Teachers also need to engage creatively with the process of nurturing student abilities and to acquire new assessment competences. The task of preparing teachers for IBST/L is a challenging one. This book is a resource for the implementation of inquiry-oriented approaches in science education and illustrates ways of promoting IBST/L through initial teacher preparation, induction and professional development programmes.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-vi
What Is Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning? (Costas P. Constantinou, Olia E. Tsivitanidou, Eliza Rybska)....Pages 1-23
Front Matter ....Pages 25-25
Science Inquiry as Part of Technological Design: A Case of School-Based Development in Norway (Berit Bungum)....Pages 27-41
Promoting IBSE Using Living Organisms: Studying Snails in the Secondary Science Classroom (Eliza Rybska)....Pages 43-63
Drama As a Learning Medium in Science Education (Ran Peleg, Anna-Lena Østern, Alex Strømme, Ayelet Baram Tsabari)....Pages 65-83
Front Matter ....Pages 85-85
Using Motivational Theory to Enrich IBSE Teaching Practices (Hanne Møller Andersen, Lars Brian Krogh)....Pages 87-103
Taking Advantage of the Synergy Between Scientific Literacy Goals, Inquiry-Based Methods and Self-Efficacy to Change Science Teaching (Robert Evans, Jens Dolin)....Pages 105-120
Inquiry-Based Approaches in Primary Science Teacher Education (Sami Lehesvuori, Ilkka Ratinen, Josephine Moate, Jouni Viiri)....Pages 121-134
Front Matter ....Pages 135-135
Promoting Pre-service Teachers’ Ideas About Nature of Science Through Science-Related Media Reports (Gultekin Cakmakci, Yalcin Yalaki)....Pages 137-161
The Development of Collaborative Problem-Solving Abilities of Pre-service Science Teachers by Stepwise Problem-Solving Strategies (Palmira Pečiuliauskienė, Dalius Dapkus)....Pages 163-183
Teachers as Educational Innovators in Inquiry-Based Science Teaching and Learning (Anni Loukomies, Kalle Juuti, Jari Lavonen)....Pages 185-201
Front Matter ....Pages 203-203
The Biology Olympiad as a Resource and Inspiration for Inquiry-Based Science Teaching (Jan Petr, Miroslav Papáček, Iva Stuchlíková)....Pages 205-222
A Teacher Professional Development Programme on Dialogic Inquiry (Margareta Enghag, Susanne Engström, Birgitta Norberg Brorsson)....Pages 223-243
Designing Teacher Education and Professional Development Activities for Science Learning (Andrée Tiberghien, Zeynab Badreddine, David Cross)....Pages 245-259
Concluding Remarks: Theoretical Underpinnings in Implementing Inquiry-Based Science Teaching/Learning (Loucas Louca, Thea Skoulia, Olia E. Tsivitanidou, Costas P. Constantinou)....Pages 261-280
Back Matter ....Pages 281-284

✦ Subjects

Education; Science Education; Learning and Instruction; Teaching and Teacher Education