Okul öncesi eğitim, yaşam sürecinde örgün eğitim merdiveninin ilk basamağını oluşturur. Bu basamakta öğrencileri karşılayan okul öğretmenleri onların olma özelliğini taşır. öğretmenlerinin öğrencilerin yaşamlarında kalıcı izler bırakan, özellikle günlük becerileri, bilgi ve davranışları kazandıran öğretmenler olması algı görüşlerinin önemini artırır. Okulunun parçası olduğunu düşünen, görüş öne...

The importance of introducing evolution in primary schools has been highlighted education research, but few studies have approached the understanding prospective teachers who are being prepared to teach at school level. present exploratory study aims answer three research questions about ability Portuguese apply two real-life situations: 1) Are able identify misconceptions online newspaper arti...

This study investigates the difficulties pre-service history teachers face in understanding and implementing a curriculum focused on historical reasoning. Based general hypothesis of beliefs exerting direct influence teachers’ actions, this phenomenographic provides qualitative analysis epistemic learning/teaching conceptions which base their reflections decisions when they have to produce teac...

Stance is a key and problematic domain for effective English Academic Purposes (EAP) reading writing. Insufficient awareness of stance, cultural attitudes about it, poor teaching have been identified as underlying sources stance-related difficulties. Focusing on stance may thus be pivotal reading-to-write lens to improve academic literacy. However, few studies investigated pre-service teachers’...

This survey study (N = 148) investigates the interrelationships between assessment conceptions, self-efficacy, prior education, and teaching experience amongst Finnish pre-service special educational needs teachers (pre-service SENs). The results showed that conceptions self-efficacy are intertwined. Assessment studies, were clustered into three different SEN types: Positives, Cautious, Critica...

Abstract This study investigates the effects of a short pedagogical training on university teachers’ professional vision and (mis)conceptions concerning teaching learning, utilizing mixed-methods approach. Participants’ written interpretations video-based teaching–learning situation were analyzed comparisons made between prospective current faculty teachers. Before course, participants missed a...

This paper draws attention to the literature in the areas of learning, specifically, constructivism, conceptual change and cognitive development. It emphasizes the contribution of such research to our understanding of the learning process. This literature provides guidelines for teachers, at all levels, in their attempt to have their students achieve learning with understanding. Research about ...

As mentioned in French secondary school official texts, teaching science implies teaching scientific process. This poses the problem of how to teach epistemology, as traditional science teaching is mostly dogmatic and based on contents. Previous studies show that pupils, science students and teachers mostly own positivist and realist spontaneous conceptions of science and scientific discovery. ...