Table 4 shows teachers’ beliefs about teaching science, learning science, and the
nature of science, as categorized. More than a half of the teachers held ‘traditional’
beliefs about teaching science, learning science and the nature of science. On the
other hand, constructivist-oriented pedagogical views and philosophical perspectives
were rarely expressed by the teachers. In particular, only four teachers had
constructivist views about the nature of science. This indicates that although the
practice of constructivism has been proposed by science educators for more than
15 years (Bodner 1986, Tsai 1998b, Tobin 1993), few teachers had constructed
relevant conceptual frameworks. It is also interesting to find that if we examined
any individual category across three belief systems, there was almost the same
proportion of teachers classified into the category. For example, about 30 per
cent of teachers were identified as being in the ‘process’ category for beliefs
about teaching science, learning science, and the nature of science.
Table 4 shows teachers’ beliefs about teaching science, learning science, and thenature of science, as categorized. More than a half of the teachers held ‘traditional’beliefs about teaching science, learning science and the nature of science. On theother hand, constructivist-oriented pedagogical views and philosophical perspectiveswere rarely expressed by the teachers. In particular, only four teachers hadconstructivist views about the nature of science. This indicates that although thepractice of constructivism has been proposed by science educators for more than15 years (Bodner 1986, Tsai 1998b, Tobin 1993), few teachers had constructedrelevant conceptual frameworks. It is also interesting to find that if we examinedany individual category across three belief systems, there was almost the sameproportion of teachers classified into the category. For example, about 30 percent of teachers were identified as being in the ‘process’ category for beliefsabout teaching science, learning science, and the nature of science.
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