What Does "Science Teaching" Mean? A Personal View, Illustrated through an Evolution of Teaching Approaches for the Development of Ecological Concepts.

Bailey, Simon

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ERIC Number: EJ585624

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Publication Date: 1998

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What Does "Science Teaching" Mean? A Personal View, Illustrated through an Evolution of Teaching Approaches for the Development of Ecological Concepts.

Bailey, Simon

School Field, v9 n1-2 p53-75 Spr-Sum 1998

The author, a (British) science teacher, explains his changing perceptions of teaching and learning in science over a 30-year period. He illustrates effects of a personal conversion to an active teaching strategy by referring to the teaching and learning of ecological concepts in younger children and in elementary teachers in training. (39 references) (MLH)

Descriptors: Ecology, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Reflective Teaching, Science Teachers, Student Teachers, Teacher Role, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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