Changing Science Teaching
Practice in Early Career Secondary
Teaching Graduates

Rex Bartholomew; Azra Moeed; Dayle Anderson

doi:10.12973/ejmste/75178

Changing Science Teaching Practice in Early Career Secondary Teaching Graduates

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Rex Bartholomew ¹ ^* , Azra Moeed ¹, Dayle Anderson ¹

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¹ Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, NEW ZEALAND^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Initial teacher education (ITE) is being challenged internationally to prepare teachers with the understandings needed to teach an increasingly diverse student population. Science teachers need to prepare students with both conceptual and procedural understanding. The challenge is to prioritise a balance in ITE courses between theoretical perspectives, curriculum requirements, and pedagogical approaches. This paper presents results of a three-year longitudinal study from pre-service through two years of in-service teacher development, and provides an insight into how pre-service and early carrier teachers gain confidence in their subject matter and pedagogical content knowledge and the teaching strategies they implement.

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initial teacher education
subject matter knowledge
teaching strategies

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Bartholomew, R., Moeed, A., & Anderson, D. (2011). Changing Science Teaching Practice in Early Career Secondary Teaching Graduates. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 7(1), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75178

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Bartholomew R, Moeed A, Anderson D. Changing Science Teaching Practice in Early Career Secondary Teaching Graduates. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2011;7(1):53-61. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75178

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Bartholomew R, Moeed A, Anderson D. Changing Science Teaching Practice in Early Career Secondary Teaching Graduates. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2011;7(1), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75178

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Bartholomew, Rex, Azra Moeed, and Dayle Anderson. "Changing Science Teaching Practice in Early Career Secondary Teaching Graduates". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2011 7 no. 1 (2011): 53-61. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75178

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Bartholomew, R., Moeed, A., and Anderson, D. (2011). Changing Science Teaching Practice in Early Career Secondary Teaching Graduates. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 7(1), pp. 53-61. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75178

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Bartholomew, Rex et al. "Changing Science Teaching Practice in Early Career Secondary Teaching Graduates". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 7, no. 1, 2011, pp. 53-61. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/75178