Science Teaching Orientations : A substantive-level theory of highly-regarded biology teachers' teaching orientations

ISBN-13: 9783639013870 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 172 str.

Patricia Friedrichsen

Opis

Science teaching orientation, defined as a teacher sknowledge and beliefs about the purposes and goalsfor teaching science, is an overarching componentwithin the Pedagogical Content Knowledge Model forscience teaching. Due to the scarcity of empiricalstudies in this area, this qualitative case studyexamined the nature and sources of science teachingorientations held by four highly regarded secondarybiology teachers. Ground theory methodology was usedto inductively analyze the interview data. Thefindings of this study indicate that science teachingorientations are more complex than initiallydescribed in the literature. The participants science teaching orientations consisted of centraland peripheral goals related to general schooling,the affective domain, and subject matter. In regardto the sources of science teaching orientations,participants were strongly influenced by theclassroom context and their beliefs about theirstudents; additional influences included prior workexperiences, professional development, and timeconstraints.

O autorze

Patricia Friedrichsen is an Associate Professor at the University
of Missouri where she holds a joint appointment in the Department
of Learning, Teaching & Curriculum and the Division of Biological
Sciences. Pat''s primary research interest is secondary science
teacher learning.