Important Biological Issues for Elementary Pupils – A Study of Elementary Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptions
This study aimed to investigate what kind of conceptions pre-service teachers have concerning the issues they find important in teaching and management of biology in order to be able to provide adequate learning to Finnish elementary school pupils. A questionnaire survey was conducted over three yea...
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doaj-a9c6a3a370f04654ab26544e2001e5082020-11-25T03:46:34ZdanUniversity of OsloNordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education1504-45561894-12572017-09-0113210.5617/nordina.2579Important Biological Issues for Elementary Pupils – A Study of Elementary Pre-service Teachers’ ConceptionsEija Yli-Panula0Eila Jeronen1Heidi Seiko-Ahlströn2Elsa Ruotsalainen3University of TurkuUniversity of OuluUniversity of TurkuUniversity of TurkuThis study aimed to investigate what kind of conceptions pre-service teachers have concerning the issues they find important in teaching and management of biology in order to be able to provide adequate learning to Finnish elementary school pupils. A questionnaire survey was conducted over three years in a Finnish university. Answers were subjected to content-based analysis. As background information, the pre-service teachers’ self-evaluation estimations of their biological content knowledge and management were measured.The important issues mentioned by pre-service teachers were mainly knowledge and skills, also experiences, attitudes, teaching, and some other matters concerning the Finnish National Core Curricula were mentioned. The conceptions of pre-service teachers were discussed in connection with subject content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. The implications for science educators were also presented. https://journals.uio.no/nordina/article/view/2579Biological content knowledgecontent-based analysispre-service teacherself-efficacy |
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Eija Yli-Panula Eila Jeronen Heidi Seiko-Ahlströn Elsa Ruotsalainen |
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Eija Yli-Panula Eila Jeronen Heidi Seiko-Ahlströn Elsa Ruotsalainen Important Biological Issues for Elementary Pupils – A Study of Elementary Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptions Nordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education Biological content knowledge content-based analysis pre-service teacher self-efficacy |
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Eija Yli-Panula Eila Jeronen Heidi Seiko-Ahlströn Elsa Ruotsalainen |
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Important Biological Issues for Elementary Pupils – A Study of Elementary Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptions |
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Important Biological Issues for Elementary Pupils – A Study of Elementary Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptions |
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Important Biological Issues for Elementary Pupils – A Study of Elementary Pre-service Teachers’ Conceptions |
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important biological issues for elementary pupils – a study of elementary pre-service teachers’ conceptions |
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University of Oslo |
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Nordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education |
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1504-4556 1894-1257 |
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2017-09-01 |
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This study aimed to investigate what kind of conceptions pre-service teachers have concerning the issues they find important in teaching and management of biology in order to be able to provide adequate learning to Finnish elementary school pupils. A questionnaire survey was conducted over three years in a Finnish university. Answers were subjected to content-based analysis. As background information, the pre-service teachers’ self-evaluation estimations of their biological content knowledge and management were measured.The important issues mentioned by pre-service teachers were mainly knowledge and skills, also experiences, attitudes, teaching, and some other matters concerning the Finnish National Core Curricula were mentioned. The conceptions of pre-service teachers were discussed in connection with subject content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge. The implications for science educators were also presented.
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Biological content knowledge content-based analysis pre-service teacher self-efficacy |
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