Teacher Talk About Science

ISBN-13: 9783639080568 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 244 str.

Robert Price

Opis

The elementary school teachers personal understanding of science has not been a primary focus of consideration in reform discussions. The purpose of this study is to explore core understandings about science that are held by four elementary teachers, and to examine the origins of those ideas. The theoretical framework for this research recognizes three guiding assumptions: science exists as a set of ideas that have developed over time through competing discourses; teachers play an important role in the science curriculum; and the guiding influences of a teachers understanding of science are associated with power. The finding of the study provides evidence that the teachers science understanding is unique and developed over time. This investigation recommends that teachers personal understandings become a focus in developing educational opportunities for elementary school teachers. This study further recommends challenging a hegemony related to positivism that exists in science curricula and the use of narrative inquiry as a method of understanding teacher experiences.

O autorze

Dr. Robert Price earned his doctorate in Curriculum and Teaching
from Teachers College, Columbia University and has been an
educator for over 20 years. It has been Dr. Price s educational
goal to improve curriculum and teaching through a critical
analysis of what we teach and why we teach it.