Understanding Science Teachers’ Professional Knowledge Growth

Science education has to be improved in order to become more responsive to the needs of society confronted with a rapidly changing world. Bringing science teaching up to a higher level is a key factor in this endeavour. The authors of this book think about teachers as part of the immediate and large...

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Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Grangeat, Michel (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2015.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction: Exploring the Growth of Science Teachers’ Professional Knowledge
  • Section 1: Performing Efficient Teaching: Role of the Content to Be Taught
  • Pre-service Primary School Teachers’ Knowledge of Science Concepts and the Correlation between Knowledge and Confidence in Science
  • The Double Loop of Science Teachers’ Professional Knowledge Acquisition
  • PCK at Stake in Teacher–Student Interaction in Relation to Students’ Difficulties
  • Analysing Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge from the Perspective of the Joint Action Theory in Didactics
  • Section 2: Balancing General and Specific Pedagogical Knowledge: Role of Collaborative Settings
  • Studying the Activity of Two French Chemistry Teachers to Infer Their Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Their Pedagogical Knowledge
  • Exploring the Set of Pedagogical Knowledge, from Pedagogy to Content
  • Collaborative Pedagogical Content Knowledge Creation in Heterogeneous Learning Communities
  • Learning from a Learning Study: Developing Teachers’ PCK through Collaborative Practices
  • Section 3: Alternative Perspectives and Frameworks
  • From New Educational Technologies to a Personal-Instructional Repertoire
  • Natural Cognitive Foundations of Teacher Knowledge: An Evolutionary and Cognitive Load Account
  • Section 4: Conclusion
  • A New Model for Understanding the Growth of Science Teacher Professional Knowledge
  • About the Contributors.