Student Teachers' Images of Science in Ecology and Genetics

Autor/inn/en	Jordan, Rebecca; Duncan, Ravit Golan
Titel	Student Teachers' Images of Science in Ecology and Genetics
Quelle	In: Journal of Biological Education, 43 (2009) 2, S.62-69 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9266
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; Student Teachers; Scientific Principles; Genetics; Ecology; Science Teachers; Science Instruction; Comparative Analysis; Inquiry; Questionnaires; Interviews; Student Teacher Attitudes; Biology + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Humangenetik; Ökologie; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Fragebogen; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Biologie
Abstract	Research has shown that practising and pre-service science teachers often hold naive and uninformed views of the nature of science (NOS). In this study we examined the discipline-specific nature of pre-service teachers' views of the NOS. We report on the conceptions of ecology research held by university students as compared to a discipline often-considered distinct, genetics, and to scientific inquiry at large. Through questionnaires and interviews, we surveyed the perceptions of inquiry in science, ecology, and genetics among 37 undergraduate students who are enrolled in a pre-service biological science teacher certification programme. While pre-service teaching students acknowledged that both ecology and genetic domains were scientific, they appear to hold an image of scientific inquiry that is more closely aligned with genetics than with ecology inquiry. Additionally, these students tended to hold a anthropocentric view of the purpose of science and listed more human benefits to genetics. These distinct images may impact instructional practices related to the teaching of NOS. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10