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Direct linkLöfström, Erika; Pursiainen, Tuomas – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2015
This study focuses on mathematics student teachers' epistemological beliefs in mathematics and education. The study aimed at gaining insight into the challenges that students experience in the consolidation of knowledge in the two disciplines. The case study with three mathematics pre-service teachers utilised mathematical and pedagogical…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mathematics Instruction, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mathematics Teachers
Download full textRatinen, Ilkka; Viiri, Jouni; Lehesvuori, Sami; Kokkonen, Tuukka – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
A teacher's practical knowledge contains the teacher's beliefs about the goals, values and principles of education that guide his or her actions in the classroom. There is still a lack of knowledge about how teachers' practical knowledge influences their teaching. The present study examines student teachers' practical knowledge in the context of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Inquiry, Knowledge Level
Ubani, Martin – British Journal of Religious Education, 2016
This article discusses some issues related to the professional development of Religious Education (RE) student teachers in initial teacher education based on empirical results on the development of the pedagogical thinking of Finnish RE student teachers during their teacher education. The article begins by describing the concept of professionalism…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Professional Development, Student Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
Asikainen, Mervi A.; Pehkonen, Erkki; Hirvonen, Pekka E. – Higher Education Studies, 2013
Seven Finnish mentor mathematics teachers were interviewed about their views regarding the teacher knowledge required for teaching mathematics. The results of the interviews revealed not only the teachers' spontaneous views of the knowledge base needed for effective mathematics teaching but also their views of the particular types of teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mentors, Mathematics Teachers, Mathematics Instruction
Asikainen, Mervi A.; Hirvonen, Pekka E. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2010
This article examines Finnish cooperating physics teachers' conceptions of teacher knowledge in physics. Six experienced teachers were interviewed. The data was analyzed to form categories concerning the basis of teacher knowledge, and the tradition of German Didaktik and Shulman's theory of teacher knowledge were used in order to understand the…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Physics, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Jauhiainen, Johanna; Koponen, Ismo T.; Lavonen, Jari – Science Education International, 2006
Students' conceptual understanding of Newton's third law has been the subject of numerous studies. These studies have often pointed out the importance of addressing the concept of interaction in teaching Newtonian mechanics. In this study, teachers were interviewed in order to examine how they understand interaction and use it in their…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Concept Formation, Scientific Concepts, Interaction
