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How Do Scientists Cross Cultural Borders Between Religion And Science: A Case Study, Chester A. Barner Iii
How Do Scientists Cross Cultural Borders Between Religion And Science: A Case Study, Chester A. Barner Iii
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
The cultures of science and religion have had different levels of conflict throughout the past several hundred years due in part to the development of the theory of evolution. Although many ideas abound in science education as to the alleviation of this struggle, few studies have examined how scientists who profess religious beliefs deal with this conflict. In general, the study sought to understand the cognitive dynamic of the cultural interaction between the scientific and religious culture within a few individuals. Specifically, the study allowed scientists to explain how they found a measure of compatibility between their faith and their …
Conceptual Change In Pre-Service Science Teachers' Views On Nature Of Science When Learning A Unit On The Physics Of Waves, Ehsan Habib Kattoula
Conceptual Change In Pre-Service Science Teachers' Views On Nature Of Science When Learning A Unit On The Physics Of Waves, Ehsan Habib Kattoula
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
Recent reform efforts in science education have culminated in National Science Education Standards (NSES), which include the nature of science and science inquiry themes across all grade levels. Consideration must be given to pre-service science teachers’ nature of science conceptions and their perceived roles in implementing the nature of science in the science classroom. This qualitative study investigates how pre-service science teachers’ views about the nature of science develop and change when learning a college physics unit on waves in an urban university. The study uses case study methodology with four pre-service science teachers as individual units of analysis. Data …
Teaching And Learning: Novie Teachers' Descriptions Of Their Confidence To Teach Science Content, Barbara Ann Ford
Teaching And Learning: Novie Teachers' Descriptions Of Their Confidence To Teach Science Content, Barbara Ann Ford
Middle-Secondary Education and Instructional Technology Dissertations
The problem being studied in this research is the relationship between a specific series of integrated science courses in a science teacher preparation program and the actual needs of the science teacher during the first years of teaching practice. Teachers often report that there is a disconnect between the coursework they have taken in college as pre-service teachers and the reality of their classroom practice during their first years of teaching. The intent of this study was to record the descriptions of three teachers who were members of a cohort and took a series of integrated science courses (NSCI series) …