Science teacher education : an international perspective / edited by Sandra K. Abell.

Analysis of past developments in teacher education in Pakistan has shown that substantial progress has been made in this field. It has, however, been pointed out that education of science teachers still needs much improvement. At the present, there is an emergent need to meet the shortage of qualifi...

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Other Authors: Abell, Sandra K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht [Netherlands] ; Boston : Kluwer Academic, ©2000.
Series:Science & technology education library ; v. 10.
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Table of Contents:
  • Section I: Introduction
  • International perspectives on science teacher education : an introduction / Sandra K. Abell
  • Section II: Policy and Practice in International Science Teacher Education
  • The development of preservice elementary science teacher education in Australia / Ken Appleton, Ian S. Ginns, & James J. Watters
  • Reform in science teacher education in Italy : the case of physics / Lidia Borghi, Anna De Ambrosis, & Paolo Mascheretti
  • Science teacher preparation in Lebanon : reality and future directions / Saouma BouJaoude
  • Science teacher education in Pakistan : policies and practices / Hafiz Muhammad Iqbal & Nasir Mahmood
  • Section III: Making Sense of Science Teacher Learning
  • Higher order thinking in science teacher education in Israel / Yehudith Weinberger & Anat Zohar
  • Secondary science student teaching assessment model : a United States and United Kingdom collaborative / Kate A. Baird [and others]
  • Thinking like a teacher : learning to teach science in a study abroad program / Sandra K. Abell & Amy M. Jacks
  • Section IV: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Science Teacher Education
  • A meeting of two cultures : the experience of facilitating a teacher enhancement project for Egyptian high school science teachers / Janice Koch & Angela Calabrese Barton
  • International partnerships as a means of reforming science teacher education : Bolivia, Chile, Venezuela, and the United States / Jon E. Pedersen [and others]
  • International science educators' perceptions of scientific literacy : implications for science teacher education / Deborah J. Tippins [and others].