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As Teachers Not Tourists: Creating Knowledge during a Short-Term Study Abroad Program
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Cory Callahan – Social Studies, 2024
Here, I address the call for teacher education programs to feature international elements to help pre-service teachers craft powerful classroom instruction and successfully work with students from culturally diverse backgrounds. I share a qualitative investigation of participants' experiences during a short-term study abroad program in Japan that…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Program Length, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
Exploring the Effect of NOS/NOT Learning and Dispositions on Undertaking Behavioural Actions in the Case of Natural Hazards
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Cerulli, David A.; Holbrook, Jack B. – Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2019
This research seeks to evaluate students' intended behavioural actions in the event of a natural hazard, specifically hurricane, lightning, earthquake, or tsunami. A test instrument, measuring behavioural actions in the event of a natural hazard, and related NOS/NOT beliefs and dispositions, is utilized to collect data in Estonia, USA and Japan…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Technology, Natural Disasters, Seismology
Technology Teachers' Attitudes toward Nuclear Energy and Their Implications for Technology Education
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Lee, Lung-Sheng; Yang, Hsiu-Chuan – Online Submission, 2013
The purpose of this paper was to explore high-school (grades 10-12) technology teachers' attitudes toward nuclear energy and their implications to technology education. A questionnaire was developed to solicit 323 high-school technology teachers' responses in June 2013 and 132 (or 41%) valid questionnaires returned. Consequently, the following…
Descriptors: High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Nuclear Energy, Technology Education