Educating Prospective Teachers of Biology: Introduction and Research Methods.

Hewson, Peter W.; Tabachnick, B. Robert; Zeichner, Kenneth M.; Blomker, Kathryn B.; Meyer, Helen; Lemberger, John; Marion, Robin; Park, Hyun-Ju; Toolin, Regina

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ERIC Number: EJ590322

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Publication Date: 1999

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Educating Prospective Teachers of Biology: Introduction and Research Methods.

Hewson, Peter W.; Tabachnick, B. Robert; Zeichner, Kenneth M.; Blomker, Kathryn B.; Meyer, Helen; Lemberger, John; Marion, Robin; Park, Hyun-Ju; Toolin, Regina

Science Education, v83 n3 p247-73 May 1999

Introduces an issue that details a complex study of a science-teacher-education program whose goal was to graduate teachers who held conceptual change conceptions of teaching science and were disposed to put them into practice. Presents a conceptual framework for science-teacher education, and describes the context and major questions of the research study. Contains 98 references. (Author/WRM)

Descriptors: Action Research, Biology, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Misconceptions, Preservice Teacher Education, Reflective Teaching, Science Education, Science Teachers, Scientific Concepts

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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