Improving science teachers' conceptions of nature of science: A critical review of the literature

F Abd-El-Khalick, NG Lederman - International journal of science …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
This paper aimed to review, and assess the'effectiveness' of the attempts undertaken to
improve prospective and practising science teachers' conceptions of nature of science …

Mentored learning to teach according to standards-based reform: A critical review

J Wang, SJ Odell - Review of educational research, 2002 - journals.sagepub.com
This article analyzes literature on mentored learning to teach in ways consistent with the
standards reform movement. It suggests that although reformers encourage mentoring for …

Technological pedagogical content knowledge: A framework for teacher knowledge

P Mishra, MJ Koehler - Teachers college record, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Research in the area of educational technology has often been critiqued for a lack of
theoretical grounding. In this article we propose a conceptual framework for educational …

From preparation to practice: Designing a continuum to strengthen and sustain teaching

S Feiman-Nemser - Teachers college record, 2001 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper was written to stimulate discussions and debate about what a professional
learning continuum from initial preparation through the early years of teaching could be like …

The mathematics teacher's specialised knowledge (MTSK) model

J Carrillo-Yañez, N Climent, M Montes… - Research in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents the Mathematics Teacher's Specialised Knowledge (MTSK) model. It
acknowledges earlier contributions to understanding and structuring teachers' knowledge, in …

Nature of science: Past, present, and future

NG Lederman - Handbook of research on science education, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The title of this chapter deliberately includes two terms-scientific literacy and science literacy,
abbreviated together as SL. The literature on SL has mushroomed in the past two decades …

Research on science teacher knowledge

SK Abell - Handbook of research on science education, 2013 - api.taylorfrancis.com
It is commonly held that the teacher is the most important factor in student learning
(Committee on Science and Mathematics Teacher Preparation, 2001). We who educate …

Pedagogical content knowing: An integrative model for teacher preparation

KF Cochran, JA DeRuiter… - Journal of teacher …, 1993 - journals.sagepub.com
In its early history teacher education emphasized teacher knowledge of subject matter
(Shulman, 1986). For the past few decades teacher education researchers have focused on …

The mathematical understandings that prospective teachers bring to teacher education

DL Ball - The elementary school journal, 1990 - journals.uchicago.edu
This article focuses on the subject matter knowledge of preservice elementary and
secondary mathematics teachers. In order to examine what teacher candidates understand …

Learning to teach hard mathematics: Do novice teachers and their instructors give up too easily?

H Borko, M Eisenhart, CA Brown… - Journal for research in …, 1992 - pubs.nctm.org
This article analyzes from several vantage points a classroom lesson in which a student
teacher was unsuccessful in providing a conceptually based justification for the standard …