Exploring How Past Experiences with Science Shape Mexican Elementary Teachers’ Science Teaching

• 발행기관: 이화여자대학교 교과교육연구소
• 저자명: Zertuche Gehrke, Martha Patricia Lim, Miyoun
• 간행물 정보: 『교과교육학연구』제28권 제6호, 489~506쪽, 전체 18쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.12.31

국문 초록

This qualitative study investigates how past experiences with science shape science teaching of three elemen tary teachers in Mexico. To explore how these experiences shape their views of science, in-depth interviews were conducted with teachers to understand their perspectives on science, their beliefs about effective science instruction, and their actual teaching approaches. For data analysis, a constant comparative method was employed. The narratives of the three teachers clearly showed teachers past experiences with science play a critical role in what they bring to their science classrooms, illus trating how their science related experiences connect to the elementary teachers’ views, beliefs, and approaches in science teaching. Each teacher demonstrated a rather unique story to their own science instruction, varying from a textbook-centered instruction to experiment-focused science instruction and community-based problem-solving approach. Their stories illus trated that teachers are actively leveraging their past experiences with science in their science teaching. The contextual atten tion given to teachers’ lived experiences with science revealed three important themes in discussion; cognitive interactions with science, social interactions with significant others, and reconciliation of in-school and out-of-school experiences. These themes offer valuable insights to better understand the meaning of teachers’ past experiences with science.

목차

I. Introduction

II. Related Literature

III. Research Design

IV. Findings

V. Discussions

References

키워드

Past Experiences with Science Views on Science Beliefs on Science Teaching Elementary Science Teachers Science Education in Mexico