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Gurcay, Deniz; Wong, Benjamin; Chai, Ching Sing – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2013
Beliefs about pedagogy and the use of technology affect the integration ICT in classrooms. This comparative study explores the pedagogical beliefs of pre-service physics teachers from two different cultures and examines the relationship between teachers' beliefs about constructivist and traditional teaching and their related beliefs about the use…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration
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Lin, Tzu-Chiang; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Chai, Ching Sing; Lee, Min-Hsien – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
The application of information and communication technology in instruction is highly emphasized in the contemporary education of science teachers. This paper hence aims to explore science teachers' perceptions of technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) addressing teachers' perceptions of the affordances of technology application in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Educational Technology, Teacher Attitudes
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Tan, Kim Chwee Daniel; Treagust, David F.; Chandrasegaran, A. L.; Mocerino, Mauro – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2010
In chemical kinetics, in addition to the concepts related to kinetics, stoichiometry, chemical equilibrium and the characteristics of the reactants are often involved when comparing the rates of different reactions, making such comparisons very challenging for students at all levels, as well as for pre-service science teachers. Consequently, four…
Descriptors: Kinetics, Chemistry, Stoichiometry, Graphs
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Lee, Kam-Wah L.; Tan, Li-Li; Goh, Ngoh-Khang; Chia, Lian-Sai; Chin, Christine – Research in Science and Technological Education, 2000
Investigates science teachers' views about their use of science instructional techniques in general, and the problem-solving teaching approach in particular. Focuses on difficulties faced by science teachers in implementing the problem solving teaching approach in the science classroom. Indicates teachers' concerns about covering the science…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Elementary Schools, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Wang, Aubrey H.; Coleman, Ashaki B.; Coley, Richard J.; Phelps, Richard P. – 2003
This report analyzes teacher education and development policies in countries that participated in the Repeat of the Third International Mathematics and Science Study at the Eighth Grade and scored as well as or higher than the United States, also providing information on the systems of Australia, England, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, College Admission