Skip to main content
Log in

Interviewing: Towards developing the tools of a constructivist teacher

  • Published:
Journal of Science Teacher Education

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

References

  • Kyle, W., Abell, S., & Shymansky, J. (1989). Enhancing prospective teacher’s conceptions of teaching and science.Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1(1), 10–13.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Nelson, D. (1992).Children’s explanations for phenomena related to man-space exploration. Unpublished dissertation, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.

    Google Scholar 

  • Osborne, R. J., & Freyberg, P. (1985).Learning science: The implications of children’s science. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann Educational Books.

    Google Scholar 

  • Osborne, R. J., & Wittrock, M. C. (1981). Learning science: A generative process.Science Education, 67(4), 489–508.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Penick, J. (1991). Where’s the science.The Science Teacher, 58(5), 26–29.

    Google Scholar 

  • Rowe, M. B. (1986). Wait time: Slowing down may be a way of speeding up.Journal of Teacher Education, 11(1), 43–50.

    Google Scholar 

  • Schneps, M. A.Private Universe. Harvard Science Education Center, Boston, MA.

  • Shymansky, J. A., & Penick, J. E. (1981). Teacher behavior does make a difference in hands-on science classrooms.School Science and Mathematics, 81(5), 412–422.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shymansky, J. (1992). Using constructivist ideas to teach science teachers.Journal of Science Teacher Education, 3(2), 53–57.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Watson, B., & Konicek, R. (1990). Teaching for conceptual change: Confronting children’s experience.Phi Delta Kappan, 71(9), 680–685.

    Google Scholar 

  • Yager, R. E. (1991). The constructivist learning model: Towards real reform in science education.The Science Teacher, 58(6), 52–57.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

About this article

Cite this article

Berg, C.A. Interviewing: Towards developing the tools of a constructivist teacher. J Sci Teacher Educ 4, 24–29 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02628854

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02628854

Keywords

Navigation