Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2020
Publication Title
Science Teacher Education
Publisher
Wiley
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21562
Abstract
Through a randomized controlled trial, this mixed‐methods study evaluated changes in elementary science teachers’ understandings, confidence, and classroom implementation of problem‐based learning (PBL), inquiry, and nature of science (NOS) instruction following participation in a professional development (PD) as well as the components of the PD that teachers perceived facilitated these changes. Results indicated that following the PD, treatment teacher (n = 139) understandings of and confidence for teaching inquiry, NOS, and PBL were significantly greater than control teachers (n = 98) after controlling for preunderstandings and confidence. The effect sizes were large. Treatment teachers also incorporated significantly more PBL, inquiry, and NOS into their instruction. Modeling, microteaching with feedback and reflection, and in‐classroom coaching facilitated teachers’ confidence, understanding, and intention to implement the reform‐based practices they learned. Implications for the understanding of the relationship between knowledge, confidence, and practice as well as elementary science teacher PD design are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Carrie D. Allen, Sara C. Heredia, Reframing Organizational Contexts from Barriers to Levers for Teacher Learning in Science Education Reform, Journal of Science Teacher Education, 10.1080/1046560X.2020.1794292, (1-19), (2020). Crossref
Comments
The published version of this article can be found here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/sce.21562