Professional development and physics teachers’ on-going learning needs

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dc.contributor.authorBuabeng I
dc.contributor.authorConner L
dc.contributor.authorWinter D
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-08T03:30:01Z
dc.date.available2019-11-08T03:30:01Z
dc.date.issued2018en
dc.date.updated2018-05-16T00:37:50Z
dc.description.abstractThis study sought insight into the professional learning and development needs of physics teachers in New Zealand high schools. It used a mixed methods approach that comprised a national survey of high school physics teachers as well as interviews with high school physics teachers and physics teacher educators. Data from the teacher survey were analysed using descriptive statistical methods. Audio recordings from interviews were transcribed and analysed and used to triangulate and add depth to the survey data. Findings indicated that physics teachers were dissatisfied with the lack of formal professional development opportunities available to support their professional growth. There was a heavy reliance on personal critical inquiry and infrequent practitioner meetings to inform practice. Suggestions for how to support the professional development needs of physics teachers better are discussed.en
dc.identifier.citationBuabeng I., Conner L. and Winter D. (2018) Professional development and physics teachers’ on-going learning needs. In Mahlangu V (Ed.), Reimagining New Approaches in Teacher Professional Development London: IntechOpen. (Chapters)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.78711
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.77155
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17578
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherIntechOpenen
dc.publisherIntechOpen Limiteden
dc.rightscopyright 2018 The Author(s). Licensee IntechOpen. This chapter is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly citeden
dc.subjectProfessional developmenten
dc.subjectcontent knowledgeen
dc.subjectteacher learningen
dc.subjectteaching as inquiryen
dc.subjectphysics teachingen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::13 - Education::1303 - Specialist Studies in Education::130313 - Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educatorsen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3903 - Education systems::390306 - Secondary educationen
dc.subject.anzsrcField of Research::13 - Education::1302 - Curriculum and Pedagogy::130212 - Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogyen
dc.titleProfessional development and physics teachers’ on-going learning needsen
dc.typeChaptersen
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