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Science Teachers' Beliefs about Teaching and Learning Related to Content and Procedural Goals
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Verena Petermann; Andreas Vorholzer; Claudia von Aufschnaiter – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2025
Science teachers' beliefs about teaching and learning are a vital component of teachers' professional competence and are often assumed to impact classroom practice. To date, these beliefs have been predominantly investigated regarding teaching and learning in general or for a particular science subject (e.g., physics). It remains to be determined…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Science Education, Teacher Attitudes
A Study of Practical-Moral Knowledge in Science Teaching: Case Studies in Physical Science Classrooms
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Salloum, Sara; Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
This study further extends a conceptual framework that explores science teaching as a "practice" not reducible to the application of formal knowledge, but as informed by teachers' practical-moral knowledge. A hermeneutic model was developed to examine practical-moral knowledge "indirectly" by investigating teachers'…
Descriptors: Observation, Physical Sciences, Science Teachers, Case Studies
In Search of Well-Started Beginning Science Teachers: Insights from Two First-Year Elementary Teachers
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Avraamidou, Lucy; Zembal-Saul, Carla – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore what aspects of two first-year elementary teachers' practices were most consistent with an inquiry-based approach, what PCK served as a mechanism for facilitating these practices, and what experiences have mediated the nature and development of these teachers' PCK. For each of the…
Descriptors: Investigations, Educational Change, Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Problems in Teaching the Topic of Redox Reactions: Actions and Conceptions of Chemistry Teachers.
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De Jong, Onno; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1995
Presents a case study of problems that can occur when teaching the topic of redox reactions to grade-11 students. Concludes that the teachers' scientific expertise is an important source of difficulties when teaching redox reactions. Discusses implications for improvement of current chemistry classroom practice and content-related teacher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interviews, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Observation
Teacher and School Characteristics and Their Influence on Curriculum Implementation
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Roehrig, Gillian H.; Kruse, Rebecca A.; Kern, Anne – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
Reform-based curriculum materials have been suggested as a mechanism to make inquiry-based instruction more prevalent in secondary science classrooms, specifically when accompanied by comprehensive professional development (Loucks-Horsley, Hewson, Love, & Stiles, [1998]; Powell & Anderson, [2002]). This research examines the implementation of a…
Descriptors: Classrooms, Urban Schools, Chemistry, Institutional Characteristics
Science--and Me: Subject Matter and Identity in Secondary School Science Teachers.
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Helms, Jenifer V. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Explores the relationship between subject matter and secondary science teacher identity, or sense of self. Develops a multidimensional model of identity and discusses the role of subject matter in the teachers' descriptions of who they are. Contains 30 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Education, Science Teachers, Secondary Education
Science Teachers' Views and Practices in Planning for Teaching.
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Sanchez, Gaspar; Valcarcel, M. Victoria – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Reports on the views and attitudes of secondary science teachers (n=27) toward lesson planning. Describes teacher decisions, the things they take into account, what they ascribe the most importance to, time spent, the source of their knowledge, and how they evaluate the results. Contains 46 references. (Author/WRM)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Lesson Plans, Science Teachers
Teachers' Salient Beliefs about a Problem-Solving Demonstration Classroom In-Service Program.
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Luft, Julie A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Explores the beliefs of inservice teachers about a demonstration classroom component of an in-service program. Results suggest that the demonstration classroom concept is worth further consideration. Contains 57 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Teachers' Understanding of the Nature of Science and Classroom Practice: Factors That Facilitate or Impede the Relationship.
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Lederman, Norman G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Delineates factors which facilitate or impede the relationship between classroom practices and teachers' understanding of the nature of science. Finds that teachers' conceptions of science do not necessarily influence classroom practice, though teachers' level of experience, intentions and perceptions of students were critically influential on…
Descriptors: Biology, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Teachers, Scientific Principles
Beginning Teachers: Beliefs and Classroom Actions.
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Simmons, Patricia E.; Emory, Allen; Carter, Tim; Coker, Teresa; Finnegan, Brian; Crockett, Denise; Richardson, Lon; Yager, Robert; Craven, John; Tillotson, John; Brunkhorst, Herbert; Twiest, Mark; Hossain, Kazi; Gallagher, James; Duggan-Haas, Don; Parker, Joyce; Cajas, Fernando; Alshannag, Qasim; McGlamery, Sheryl; Krockover, Jerry; Adams, Paul; Spector, Barbara; LaPorta, Tom; James, Bob; Rearden, Kristin; Labuda, Kay – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Describes the research of a national collaborative consortium formed to investigate how the perceptions, beliefs and classroom performances of beginning secondary science teachers relate to their philosophies of teaching and their content pedagogical skills. Finds that teachers possessed a wide range of philosophies, and that observers' reports of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Teachers, Secondary Education
Transferring Theory into Practice: A Model for Professional Development for Science Education Reform.
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Radford, David L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Project LIFE, a state systemic initiatives professional development program for middle-grade life science teachers, has been successful in improving the science content knowledge, process skills, and attitudes toward teaching science of the teachers participating in the project. The essential characteristics of this project are described as a…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Knowledge Level
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
Appropriating Scientific Practices and Discourses with Future Elementary Teachers.
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Smith, Deborah C.; Anderson, Charles W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Describes a physics course designed to engage preservice elementary teachers in the practices and discourses of science through activities that would later be used with children. Presents an account of preservice teachers' progress in inventing and testing models, working with empirical data, critically evaluating and using authoritative sources,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Course Descriptions, Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education
Growing the Tree of Teacher Knowledge: Ten Years of Learning to Teach Elementary Science
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Mulholland, Judith; Wallace, John – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is a much debated and studied construct. In this article, we adopt an all-embracing view of PCK to examine the development of one elementary science teacher's knowledge over a 10-year period. We portray this teacher's knowledge at three critical points in her career--as a student teacher, beginning teacher, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Figurative Language, Student Teachers