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Arzi, Hanna J.; White, Richard T. – Science Education, 2008
This longitudinal study explored change in teachers' knowledge of subjects they teach from preservice training through 17 years of professional experience. It followed secondary school science teachers in Australia, through sequences of individual interviews in which change in content knowledge (mainly energy-related) was probed primarily via…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Teacher Characteristics, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers
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Peterson, Raymond F.; Treagust, David F. – Science Education, 1998
Details a study exploring a problem-based learning framework used to develop preservice teachers' knowledge base for teaching and pedagogical reasoning ability. Emphasizes an undergraduate preservice science teacher education unit. Contains 30 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Tobin, Kenneth; Garnett, Patrick – Science Education, 1988
Compares two high school chemistry teachers with two elementary science teachers from case studies from the Exemplary Practice in Science and Mathematics Education Project in Australia. Concludes that both pedagogical and content knowledge are important ingredients for outstanding teaching. (CW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Chemistry, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education