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Enhancing the Practice of Physics Teachers: Mechanisms for the Generation and Sharing of Knowledge and Understanding in Collaborative Action Research.
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Feldman, Allan – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1996
Examines ways that teachers' knowledge about teaching and their educational situations grow when they are engaged collaboratively with other teachers in inquiry on their own practice. Results indicate that mechanisms for enhancement of normal practice include anecdote telling, trying out ideas, and systematic inquiry. Contains 66 references.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Cooperation, Inquiry, Interviews
Preparing Teachers as Researchers in Courses on Methods of Teaching Science.
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van Zee, Emily H. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Discusses meanings of the term "teacher research," a rationale for preparing teachers to do research as they learn to teach, and ways to educate prospective teachers as researchers. Contains 59 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Course Content, Elementary Education, Higher Education
Teaching the Nature of Science through Inquiry to Prospective Elementary Teachers: A Tale of Two Researchers.
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Colburn, Alan; Bianchini, Julie A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2000
Describes researcher and teacher-researcher analyses of inquiry teaching of the nature of science to prospective elementary teachers. Discusses the difficulties with presenting a cogent and comprehensive picture of the nature of science, the teacher's pivotal role in initiating discussions of science and scientists' work, and the strengths and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Changing Practice by Changing Practice: Toward More Authentic Science and Science Curriculum Development.
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Bencze, Larry; Hodson, Derek – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Describes how two teachers collaborated with a university-based researcher/teacher educator to design and implement more authentic science in a grade 7 classroom. Discusses the ways in which the teachers changed their views about science and science teaching, the anxieties they experienced, and the institutional constraints that impacted their…
Descriptors: Action Research, College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Foreign Countries