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The classroom practice of preservice teachers and their conceptions of teaching and learning science

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 190 KB
Volume: 82
Category: Article
ISSN: 0097-0352
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-237x(199804)82:2<197::aid-sce5>3.0.co;2-9

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✦ Synopsis

The present article describes research carried out with four student teachers of primary and secondary science education. The preservice teachers' conceptions of the learning and teaching of science were analyzed and compared with their classroom practice when teaching science lessons. The data gathering procedures included a questionnaire and interviews, both analyzed by means of cognitive maps, and classroom observations during the participants' practice teaching. The results did not allow a general correspondence to be established between preservice teachers' conceptions about teaching and learning science and their classroom behavior. The implications of the research for teacher education are discussed.

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