Science Across the World in Teacher Training

Autor/inn/en	Schoen, Lida; Weishet, Egbert; Kennedy, Declan
Titel	Science Across the World in Teacher Training
Quelle	In: Science Education International, 18 (2007) 1, S.57-61 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1450-104X
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Educational Resources; Databases; International Programs; Teacher Education; Foreign Countries; Teacher Education Programs; Methods Courses; Teacher Competencies; Global Approach; International Cooperation; International Educational Exchange; School Business Relationship; Internet; English (Second Language); Cultural Differences; Electronic Learning; Computer Mediated Communication; Educational Research; Surveys; Student Teacher Attitudes; Student Teaching; Germany; Ireland; Netherlands + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Bildungsmittel; Datenbank; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Ausland; Methodisch-didaktische Anleitung; Lehrkunst; Globales Denken; Internationale Kooperation; Internationale Zusammenarbeit; Internationaler Austausch; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Kultureller Unterschied; Computerkonferenz; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Teaching practice; Unterrichtspraxis; Deutschland; Irland; Niederlande
Abstract	Science Across the World is an exchange programme between schools world-wide. It has two main components: existing resources for students (age 6-10) and a database with all participating schools. The programme exists since 1990. It is carried out in partnership with the British Association of Science Education (ASE) and international pharmaceutical industry GlaxoSmithKline and is growing rapidly. This paper deals with the Science Across the World programme in Teacher Training in three countries: the Netherlands, Ireland and Germany. It shows how international collaboration can be fostered by participation in the programme. Amsterdam Teacher Training College in the Netherlands offers Science Across the World as an elective course to Dutch and European Erasmus students, who work in international interdisciplinary groups. They study the Science Across the World website and choose a topic to study in more detail. Later they write an implementation plan for their teaching practice school. At University College Cork in Ireland Science Across the World is part of a (Higher Diploma in Education) course on Science teaching methodology. Participating students implement the programme in their teaching practice schools. An elaborate research was carried out to investigate the success of this implementation. Teachers are enthusiastic about possibilities the programme offers and suggest an in-service training course on the programme and methodology. The government of the State of Hessen, Germany has just started a new concept in Biology methodology. The government decided to base Teacher Training in Biology on "Competencies and Standards." With increasing globalisation in the next decades the largest, easy to use, global exchange programme Science Across the World can help to achieve aims if modern education in all countries. Teacher Training can help with training student teachers in international collaboration on school level. The triangle Teacher Training--Science Across the World--Research should be promoted. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	International Council of Associations for Science Education. Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Education, Buca, Izmir 35150, Turkey. Tel: +90-532-4267927; Fax: +90-232-4204895; Web site: http://icaseonline.net
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01