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Title: | Enhancing science and mathematics teacher education: evaluating an enhancement module for science pre-service teachers | Contributor(s): | Woolcott, Geoff (author); Whannell, Robert (author) ; Pfeiffer, Linda (author); Yeigh, Tony (author); Donnelly, James (author); Scott, Amanda (author) | Publication Date: | 2017 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.1504/ijlc.2017.084615 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/21433 | Abstract: | Motivated and well-trained science and mathematics teachers are a requirement for sustaining an industrialized economy. The Australian government has funded several projects to satisfy this requirement designed to improve pre-service teacher education in regional and rural Australia. One such project uses a collaboration nexus model with lesson feedback and reflection modules in an iterative process using a repeated sequence comprised of an Enhancement Module, a subsequent Teaching Lesson and a Reflection Module. This paper reports on qualitative investigations of the effectiveness of the collaboration nexus in the Enhancement Module and comments on the value of the iterative process. Results from small-scale trials with pre-service teachers indicate that the Module positively engages participants, pre-service teachers, university scientists and specialist educators. The Module and its iterations appear to be effective in grounding pre-service teacher education in targeting regional contexts relevant to the daily lives of both pre-service teachers and their classroom students. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | International Journal of Learning and Change, 9(2), p. 131-144 | Publisher: | Inderscience Publishers | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1740-2883 1740-2875 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 130208 Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy 130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 390109 Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280114 Expanding knowledge in Indigenous studies 280109 Expanding knowledge in education |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Education |
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