Secondary School Physics Teachers' Conceptions of Scientific Evidence: : A Collective Case Study

ISBN-13: 9783639116571 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 132 str.

Joseph Taylor

Opis

The principal aim of this book is to describe thenature of physics teachers conceptions of scientificevidence. As such, there is a dire need in thescience education literature for studies such as theone presented in this book. The data from thisstudy suggest that the three teachers, whilecontemplating the reliability and validity ofscientific evidence, frequently used theirconceptions of evidence in conjunction with specificsubject matter conceptions. The data also indicatesthat the relationship between subject matterknowledge and conceptions of evidence was morepronounced for some conceptions of evidence than forothers. Implications for science teacher educationinclude the suggestion that science and sciencemethods courses encourage teachers to conductoriginal research and to construct and presentevidence-based arguments from this research for peerreview and critique. This book is ideal for scienceteacher educators who work with pre-service orpracticing science teachers in all science disciplines.

O autorze

Joseph A. Taylor, Ph.D: studied Science Education at Penn State
University. Director of Research and Evaluation at BSCS, Colorado
Springs, CO