Secondary Science Teachers’ and Students’ Involvement in a Primary School Community of Science Practice: How It Changed Their Practices and Interest in Science
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- 作者：Anne Forbes ; Keith Skamp
- 关键词：Community of practice ; Science education ; Secondary school ; Secondary science teacher ; Secondary science student ; Views of science ; Confidence in science ; Interest in science
- 刊名：Research in Science Education
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：February 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：46
- 期：1
- 页码：91-112
- 全文大小：336 KB
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Keith Skamp (2)
1. Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University, Strathfield, NSW, 2135, Australia
2. School of Education, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, 2480, Australia - 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
- 刊物主题：Education
Science Education
Education - 出版者：Springer Netherlands
- ISSN：1573-1898
文摘
MyScience is a primary science education initiative in which being in a community of practice is integral to the learning process. In this initiative, stakeholder groups—primary teachers, primary students and mentors—interact around the ‘domain’ of ‘investigating scientifically’. This paper builds on three earlier publications and interprets the findings of the views of four secondary science teachers and five year 9 secondary science students who were first-timer participants—as mentors—in MyScience. Perceptions of these mentors’ interactions with primary students were analysed using attributes associated with both ‘communities of practice’ and the ‘nature of science’. Findings reveal that participation in MyScience changed secondary science teachers’ views and practices about how to approach the teaching of science in secondary school and fostered primary–secondary links. Year 9 students positively changed their views about secondary school science and confidence in science through participation as mentors. Implications for secondary science teaching and learning through participation in primary school community of science practice settings are discussed. Keywords Community of practice Science education Secondary school Secondary science teacher Secondary science student Views of science Confidence in science Interest in science