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Focusing on the Classical or Contemporary? Chinese Science Teacher Educators' Conceptions of Nature of Science Content to Be Taught to Pre-Service Science Teachers
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Wan, Zhi Hong; Wong, Siu Ling; Wei, Bing; Zhan, Ying – Research in Science Education, 2013
Drawing from the phenomenographic perspective, an exploratory study investigated Chinese teacher educators' conceptions of teaching Nature of Science (NOS) to pre-service science teachers through semi-structured interviews. Five key dimensions emerged from the data. This paper focuses on the dimension, "NOS content to be taught to pre-service…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
Teaching Nature of Science to Preservice Science Teachers: A Phenomenographic Study of Chinese Teacher Educators' Conceptions
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Wan, Zhi Hong; Wong, Siu Ling; Zhan, Ying – Science & Education, 2013
Drawing from the phenomenographic perspective, this study investigated Chinese science teacher educators' conceptions of teaching nature of science (NOS) to preservice science teachers through two semi-structured interviews. The subjects were twenty-four science teacher educators in the developed regions in China. Five key dimensions emerged from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phenomenology, Science Teachers, Teacher Educators
When Nature of Science Meets Marxism: Aspects of Nature of Science Taught by Chinese Science Teacher Educators to Prospective Science Teachers
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Wan, Zhi Hong; Wong, Siu Ling; Zhan, Ying – Science & Education, 2013
Nature of science (NOS) is beginning to find its place in the science education in China. In a study which investigated Chinese science teacher educators' conceptions of teaching NOS to prospective science teachers through semi-structured interviews, five key dimensions emerged from the data. This paper focuses on the dimension, "NOS content…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Cultural Influences, Science Instruction
As an Infused or a Separated Theme? Chinese Science Teacher Educators' Conceptions of Incorporating Nature of Science Instruction in the Courses of Training Pre-Service Science Teachers
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Wan, Zhi Hong; Wong, Siu Ling – Science Education International, 2013
Teaching nature of science (NOS) is beginning to find its place in science education in China. This exploratory study interviewed twenty-four Chinese science teacher educators about their conceptions of teaching NOS to pre-service science teachers. Although five dimensions emerged, this paper mainly focuses on reporting the findings relevant to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Principles, Science Instruction, Teacher Educators