In-Service Training of Chemistry Teachers: The Use of Multimedia in Teaching Chemistry

Celeste Ferreira; Mónica Baptista; Agnaldo Arroio

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Celeste Ferreira ¹ ², Mónica Baptista ², Agnaldo Arroio ¹ ^*

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¹ Universidade de São Paulo, BRASIL² Universidade de Lisboa, PORTUGAL^* Corresponding Author

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Information and Communication Technology has allowed the use of several types of visualizations, especially multimedia environments in science teaching. The aim was to investigate how in-service teachers enrolled in a training course understand the nature and the role of visualizations in science teaching as well as the impact of this training on the change of their conceptions. A questionnaire to identify previous conceptions has been applied. It was analyzed the Teaching Learning Sequence made by them and the audiovisual record of their speeches and semi-structured interview with these teachers’ groups. As the main result, we highlight development of the knowledge about these tools, especially on the impact of the visual language on apprenticeship and on the notion of scientific model.

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teacher conceptions
teacher education
visualization

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2013, Volume 9, Issue 3, 301-310

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Ferreira, C., Baptista, M., & Arroio, A. (2013). In-Service Training of Chemistry Teachers: The Use of Multimedia in Teaching Chemistry. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 9(3), 301-310. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.937a

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Ferreira C, Baptista M, Arroio A. In-Service Training of Chemistry Teachers: The Use of Multimedia in Teaching Chemistry. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2013;9(3):301-10. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.937a

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Ferreira C, Baptista M, Arroio A. In-Service Training of Chemistry Teachers: The Use of Multimedia in Teaching Chemistry. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2013;9(3), 301-310. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.937a

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Ferreira, Celeste, Mónica Baptista, and Agnaldo Arroio. "In-Service Training of Chemistry Teachers: The Use of Multimedia in Teaching Chemistry". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2013 9 no. 3 (2013): 301-310. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.937a

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Ferreira, C., Baptista, M., and Arroio, A. (2013). In-Service Training of Chemistry Teachers: The Use of Multimedia in Teaching Chemistry. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 9(3), pp. 301-310. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.937a

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Ferreira, Celeste et al. "In-Service Training of Chemistry Teachers: The Use of Multimedia in Teaching Chemistry". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 9, no. 3, 2013, pp. 301-310. https://doi.org/10.12973/eurasia.2013.937a