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(preparation
for
higher
education)
participated
in
the
study.
The
participating
teachers
have
three
and
10
years
of
teaching
experience,
respectively.
Before
the
start
of
this
research
project
they
had
participated
in
a
15
ECTS
1
course
for
practicing
teachers
on
the
use
of
SSI
in
science
education.
The
primary
source
of
course
literature
was
Zeidler
(2003).
The
course
included
planning
lesson
themes
in
accordance
with
the
school
curriculum.
The
course
was
taught
by
the
third
author
of
this
study,
an
experienced
educational
researcher
and
teacher
educator,
who
subsequently
functioned
as
the
two
participating
teachers’
mentor
as
they
worked
to
develop
their
classroom
practices
to
implement
and
use
SSI
throughout
the
entire
“Science
Studies”
course.
Aimed
at
exploring
what
could
realistically
be
experienced
by
teachers
who
implement
SSI
in
their
classrooms,
there
was
no
intentional
intervention
in
their
class
activities.
Only
on
rare
occasions
was
the
mentor
asked
by
the
participating
teachers
to
assist
them
with
respect
to
scientific
content
for
the
development
of
learning
activities.