A case study exploring primary teachers’ experiences of a STEM education school-university partnership

AbstractClean Up Australia Day is the country's largest community-based environmental annual event when participants work in teams to remove rubbish from their local environment. This article describes an interpretive study in which a sample of preservice primary teachers’ (n = 30) responses to questions about their involvement in the event were evaluated to determine their developing knowledge and understanding about environmental and sustainability issues. The study evaluated a university assessment task for its ability to identify and challenge preservice primary teachers’ views as consumers of manufactured products, environmental citizens, and future teachers. The data were drawn from students’ written work that formed part of the assessment task. Results indicate that students found participation in this community event to be a significant, valuable part of their learning about the environment that contributed to their understanding about sustainability and highlighted the power of positive community participation as a force for good.

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From PE experiences to PE teaching practices? Insights from Scottish primary teachers' experiences of PE, teacher education, school entry and professional development

Sport Education and Society ◽

10.1080/13573322.2011.609165 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (6) ◽

pp. 749-766 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Dely L. Elliot ◽

Matthew Atencio ◽

Theresa Campbell ◽

Mike Jess

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

Teacher Education ◽

Teaching Practices ◽

Primary Teachers ◽

School Entry ◽

Teachers Experiences ◽

Education School

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Conceptual understanding of physics within argument-driven inquiry learning for STEM education: Case study

10.1063/5.0043638 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Dionisius Bukifan ◽

Lia Yuliati

Keyword(s):

Stem Education ◽

Conceptual Understanding ◽

Inquiry Learning

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Global STEM Education through e-Service Learning in the Time of COVID-19: A Case Study

10.1109/ghtc53159.2021.9612510 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Grace Ngai ◽

Kenneth W.K. Lo ◽

Stephen C.F. Chan ◽

Shuheng Lin

Keyword(s):

Service Learning ◽

Stem Education

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A Case Study of Preservice Teachers' Experiences in a Multicultural Mentoring Program

The Journal of Korean Teacher Education ◽

10.24211/tjkte.2010.27.4.141 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 27 (4) ◽

pp. 141-165

Author(s):

우희숙

Keyword(s):

Preservice Teachers ◽

Mentoring Program ◽

Teachers Experiences

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Pre–service and In-service primary teachers’ generic and subject-specific skills On Geometric understanding of symmetry: A case study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-162682/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Shiva Mafakheri

Keyword(s):

Symmetry Axis ◽

Primary Teachers ◽

Primary Teacher ◽

Elementary Level ◽

Mathematical Activity ◽

Math Teachers ◽

Teacher Needs ◽

Service Training ◽

Prospective Primary Teachers

Abstract According to the curricula all over the world symmetry plays an important role in the teaching geometry at primary levels. Geometry is one of topics that have the most problematic content knowledge for the prospective primary teachers. This paper studies the understanding of the symmetry of shapes among pre-service and in-service teachers to find out their visual perception of the geometric shapes symmetry and the symmetry axis. The aim is to create a symmetrical pattern with symmetry axis of the shapes. Evidence that only content-oriented professional development coursework taken by primary school math teachers appears effective, suggests that relatively more resources ought to be put into content focused training for teachers and that changes are warranted at the elementary level and in pedagogical in-service training generally. The primary teacher needs to be able to modify some proposed problems in order to get a richer mathematical activity, being aware of their mathematical benefits. It should be part of growing the capacity of analyzing didactically the mathematics activity.

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