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written by Lillian C. McDermott and Peter S. Shaffer
edited by Gayle Buck, Jack Hehn, and Diandra Leslie-Pelecky
A major reason for the perceived national crisis in science education is the failure to prepare K-12 teachers to teach science effectively. Science methods courses taught in departments of education cannot help teachers develop the depth of understanding that they need to be able to teach science as a process of inquiry. Responsibility for the subject matter preparation of teachers lies with science faculty. However, in physics and related disciplines, neither courses for majors nor for non-majors provide the kind of preparation required for teaching science by inquiry. Special physics courses expressly designed for this purpose on the basis of research have proved successful not only with prospective teachers but also with other students. The intellectual objectives and instructional methods that characterize these courses are discussed in the context of specific examples. These are drawn from more than 25 years of experience in the Physics Department at the University of Washington.
Book Title: The Role of Physics Departments in Preparing K-12 Teachers
Pages 71-85
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1563969858
ISBN-13:
9781563969850
Keywords:
K-12 teachers, inquiry, inservice teacher, preservice, teaching science
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Metadata instance created July 13, 2005 by Lyle Barbato
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August 22, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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L. McDermott and P. Shaffer, , in The Role of Physics Departments in Preparing K-12 Teachers, edited by G. Buck, J. Hehn, and D. Leslie-Pelecky, (2000), p. 71, WWW Document, (http://web.archive.org/web/20111030114115/http://www.aip.org/education/teacherprep/mcdermott_shaffer.pdf).
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L. McDermott and P. Shaffer, Preparing Teachers to Teach Physics and Physical Science by Inquiry, in The Role of Physics Departments in Preparing K-12 Teachers, edited by G. Buck, J. Hehn, and D. Leslie-Pelecky, (2000), p. 71, <http://web.archive.org/web/20111030114115/http://www.aip.org/education/teacherprep/mcdermott_shaffer.pdf>.
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McDermott, L., & Shaffer, P. (2000). Preparing Teachers to Teach Physics and Physical Science by Inquiry (pp. 71-85). In Buck, G., Hehn, J., & Leslie-Pelecky, D. (Eds.), The Role of Physics Departments in Preparing K-12 Teachers (71). Retrieved November 10, 2024, from http://web.archive.org/web/20111030114115/http://www.aip.org/education/teacherprep/mcdermott_shaffer.pdf
Chicago Format
McDermott, Lillian C., and Peter Shaffer. "Preparing Teachers to Teach Physics and Physical Science by Inquiry." In The Role of Physics Departments in Preparing K-12 Teachers. Edited by Gayle Buck, Jack Hehn, and Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, 71. 2000. http://web.archive.org/web/20111030114115/http://www.aip.org/education/teacherprep/mcdermott_shaffer.pdf (accessed 10 November 2024).
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McDermott, Lillian C., and Peter Shaffer. "Preparing Teachers to Teach Physics and Physical Science by Inquiry." The Role of Physics Departments in Preparing K-12 Teachers. Eds. Buck, Gayle, Jack Hehn, and Diandra Leslie-Pelecky. 2000. 71-85. 1 June 2000. 10 Nov. 2024 <http://web.archive.org/web/20111030114115/http://www.aip.org/education/teacherprep/mcdermott_shaffer.pdf>.
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