An in-depth study of a teacher engaged in an innovative primary science trial professional development project
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1996
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The implementation of effective science programmes in primary schools is of continuing interest and concern for professional developers. As part of the Australian Academy of Science's approach to creating an awareness of Primary Investigations, a project team trialled a series of satellite television broadcasts of lessons related to two units of the curriculum for Year 3 and 4 children in 48 participating schools. The professional development project entitled Simply Science, included a focused component for the respective classroom teachers, which was also conducted by satellite. This paper reports the involvement of a Year 4 teacher in the project and describes her professional growth. Already an experienced and confident teacher, no quantitative changes in science teaching self efficacy were detected. However, her pedagogical content knowledge and confidence to teach science in the concept areas of matter and energy were enhanced. Changes in the teacher's views about the co-operative learning strategies espoused by Primary Investigations were also evident. Implications for the design of professional development programmes for primary science teachers are discussed. |
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Springer Netherlands |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/27668/1/c27668.pdf DOI:10.1007/BF02463032 Watters, James J. & Ginns, Ian S. (1996) An in-depth study of a teacher engaged in an innovative primary science trial professional development project. Research in Science Education, 27(1), pp. 51-69. |
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Copyright 1996 Springer The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com |
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Office of Education Research; School of Curriculum; Faculty of Education |
Palavras-Chave | #130200 CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY #130212 Science Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy #Concerns Based Adoption Model CBAM #Multimedia in education #Science Education #Primary Investigations #Television Broadcasts in Science #Science Teaching Self Efficacy STEBI #Co-perative learning |
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Journal Article |