Preservice Teachers' Memories of Their Secondary Science Education Experiences
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY, cilt.19, sa.6, ss.546-552, 2010 (SCI-Expanded)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 19 Sayı: 6
- Basım Tarihi: 2010
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10956-010-9221-z
- Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.546-552
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Secondary science, Reflections, Memories, Preservice teachers, Teaching strategies
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Understanding preservice teachers' memories of their education may aid towards articulating high-impact teaching practices. This study describes 246 preservice teachers' perceptions of their secondary science education experiences through a questionnaire and 28-item survey. ANOVA was statistically significant about participants' memories of science with 15 of the 28 survey items. Descriptive statistics through SPSS further showed that a teacher's enthusiastic nature (87%) and positive attitude towards science (87%) were regarded as highly memorable. In addition, explaining abstract concepts well (79%), and guiding the students' conceptual development with practical science activities (73%) may be considered as memorable secondary science teaching strategies. Implementing science lessons with one or more of these memorable science teaching practices may "make a difference" towards influencing high school students' positive long-term memories about science and their science education. Further research in other key learning areas may provide a clearer picture of high-impact teaching and a way to enhance pedagogical practices.