Physics Teachers? Views On Their Initial Teacher Education

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dc.contributor.authorBuabeng, I.
dc.contributor.authorConner, L.
dc.contributor.authorWinter, D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-30T21:33:56Z
dc.date.available2019-09-30T21:33:56Z
dc.date.issued2016en
dc.description.abstractThis paper explores New Zealand (NZ) physics teachers’ and physics educators’ views about Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Perspectives of physics teachers nationally indicated that in general, teachers considered themselves not well-prepared in some content areas including electronics, modern physics, and atomic and nuclear physics. This may be because in NZ, physics teachers have usually gained their content knowledge from an undergraduate science degree where they may have only taken one or two courses (units) in physics. One year postgraduate teacher education programmes do not have sufficient time to cover the physics content taught in the final three years of schooling. The implications for ITE of physics teachers are discussed in terms of the shifts needed to help them to identify the gaps in their content knowledge and to develop their conceptual understanding of physics.en
dc.identifier.citationBuabeng, I., Conner, L., Winter, D. (2016) Physics Teachers? Views On Their Initial Teacher Education. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, (In press).en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17354
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. School of Teacher Educationen
dc.rights.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651
dc.subjectinitial teacher educationen
dc.subjectcontent knowledgeen
dc.subjectphysics teachersen
dc.subjectphysics educatorsen
dc.subjectclassroom practicesen
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.titlePhysics Teachers? Views On Their Initial Teacher Educationen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
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