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de la Hoz, Marina Casanoves; Solé-Llussà, Anna; Haro, Juan; Gericke, Niklas; Valls, Cristina – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2022
The speed of development of biotechnology within agriculture, industry, and medicine has changed our lives, and we need a biotechnological literacy to understand it. This implies that teachers in primary schools need to be biotechnologically literate in order to educate future generations. The aim of this study was to investigate Swedish…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Knowledge Level
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Sánchez-Jiménez, Encarna – Pedagogical Research, 2020
A key issue in the institutionalisation of Mathematics' Education and in the professionalisation of teachers educators consists in characterizing the type of knowledge involved in the formation of primary school teachers of mathematics (Valente, 2017). The aim of this article is to explain how "knowledge to teach" and "knowledge for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs
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Oliveira, Hélia; Polo-Blanco, Irene; Henriques, Ana – Journal on Mathematics Education, 2021
The importance of students being acquainted with algebraic ideas before secondary education has been revealed in the research literature. It is therefore essential that prospective elementary teachers (PTs) be prepared to instill an early algebra perspective in their teaching. However, PTs often show difficulties in algebra content knowledge,…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Algebra, Mathematics Education
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Fernández-Batanero, José María; Cabero, Julio; López, Eloy – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
The integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into the inclusive classroom requires competent teaching staff from both the technological and pedagogical points of view. Within this context, and with the aim of looking at one of these theoretical premises, this study aimed to identify the degree of training and technological…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Information Technology, Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Teachers
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Gómez-Torres, Emilse; Batanero, Carmen; Díaz, Carmen; Contreras, José Miguel – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2016
In this paper we describe the development of a questionnaire designed to assess the probability content knowledge of prospective primary school teachers. Three components of mathematical knowledge for teaching and three different meanings of probability (classical, frequentist and subjective) are considered. The questionnaire content is based on…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Questionnaires, Probability, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Casanoves, Marina; González, Ángel; Salvadó, Zoel; Haro, Juan; Novo, Maite – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
Due to the important impact that biotechnology has on current Western societies, well-informed critical citizens are needed. People prepared to make conscious decisions about aspects of biotechnology that relate to their own lives. Teachers play a central role in all education systems. Thus, the biotechnological literacy of preservice teachers is…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Elementary School Teachers, College Students, Student Attitudes