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Hetherington, Lindsay; Chappell, Kerry; Ruck Keene, Hermione; Wren, Heather; Cukurova, Mutlu; Hathaway, Charlotte; Sotiriou, Sofoklis; Bogner, Franz – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2020
Background: Creativity is often viewed as a fundamental educational capability. Science can play a role in nurturing creativity. Research suggests that creative pedagogy, including interdisciplinary teaching , can engage students with science. Previous studies into teachers' attitudes to science and creativity have been largely situated within…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers
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Mizzi, Doreen – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
In Malta, most science teachers are likely to have a teaching degree level qualification in one science subject. When teaching science in the first two years of secondary school they will be teaching outside their area of science specialism, that is teaching a subject/s that was not studied at degree or Advanced level. A study was conducted to…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Specialization, Chemistry
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Chetcuti, Deborah – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
Teachers bring with them into the science classrooms their own gendered identities and their views and perceptions about how boys and girls learn and achieve in science. This paper tries to explore the way in which 14 Maltese science teachers use their own "personal practical knowledge" to identify their views about gender and science…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Science Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Background