Professional development of science teachers : local insights with lessons for the global community

Professional development of science teachers : local insights with lessons for the global community / edited by Pamela Fraser-Abder.

This book explores global issues in the professional development of science teachers, and considers classroom applications of teacher training with a comparative lens. The twelve studies collected in this volume span five continents and vastly differing models of teacher education. Carefully detaili...

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Other Authors: Fraser-Abder, Pamela, 1948-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxfordshire, England ; New York, New York : Routledge, 2013.
Subjects:
Science teachers > In-service training.
Science > Study and teaching (Continuing education)
SCIENCE > Study & Teaching.
Science teachers > In-service training
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch. 1. Starting points for transformation : resources to craft a philosophy to guide professional development in elementary science / Bonnie Shapiro and Sandy Last
  • ch. 2. Contextualizing professional development in large multicultural, multilingual urban American communities / Pamela Fraser-Abder
  • ch. 3. Professional development in Japan and China : issues and challenges / Pamela Fraser-Abder and Sau-Ling Chen
  • ch. 4. Professional development for teachers of science : the Canadian experience / Pierce Farragher
  • ch. 5. Changing traditions of science teacher professional development in the Philippines / Purita Bilbao, Lourdes N. Morano, Tessie Barcenal, Merilin A. Castellano, Sharon Nichols, and Deborah J. Tippens
  • ch. 6. Science teacher education in Trinidad and Tobago : challenges and possiblities / June George.
  • Ch. 7. Theory and practice in science teacher education : the German experience / Helmut Fischler
  • ch. 8. Science teacher education in Kenya and cultural extinction : how can the past serve as a link to the future? / Norman Thomson
  • ch. 9. Culturally and politically based education : a story of Latin American science education development / William R. Veal, M. Francisca Dussaillant, and Giovanni Obando Roman
  • ch. 10. The role of onservice professional development of science teachers in large-scale changes in teaching practice : a look at Britain and Indonesia / Philip Adey
  • ch. 11. Managing teacher development : the changing role of the head of department in England / Justin Dillon
  • ch. 12. Key issues and contextual factors in professional development of preservice science teachers : perspectives from Israel, Greece, Italy, and the United States / Uri Zoller and David Ben-Chaim.

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