Bangladeshi Science Teachers' Perspectives of Scientific Literacy and Teaching Practices

Autor/inn/en	Sarkar, Mahbub; Corrigan, Deborah
Titel	Bangladeshi Science Teachers' Perspectives of Scientific Literacy and Teaching Practices
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 12 (2014) 5, S.1117-1141 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1571-0068
DOI	10.1007/s10763-013-9450-8
Schlagwörter	Science Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Science Instruction; Scientific Literacy; Learner Engagement; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Secondary School Science; Junior High Schools; Relevance (Education); Bangladesh + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Sekundarstufe I; Relevance; Relevanz; Bangladesch
Abstract	In line with a current global trend, junior secondary science education in Bangladesh aims to provide science education for all students to enable them to use their science learning in everyday life. This aim is consistent with the call for scientific literacy, which argues for engaging students with science in everyday life. This paper illustrates Bangladeshi science teachers' perspectives of scientific literacy along with their views on teaching practices. Participating teachers held a range of perspectives of scientific literacy, including some naive perspectives. The paper also reports that whilst teachers' verbalised practices in relation to their emphasis on engaging students with science in everyday life follows the emphases as required in teaching for promoting scientific literacy, their assessment practices may not be useful to promote it. The discussion explores the meaning of these findings and provides implications for school science educational practice in Bangladesh. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10