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Improving the quality of primary science teaching through a pre-service course

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This paper describes a study involving second and third year primary Diploma of Teaching students. It considers their discipline competence, their confidence in teaching particular topic areas and their views of the nature of science teaching in the classes in which they were placed during teaching rounds. It then describes attempts made within the science curriculum course to overcome particular problems.

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  1. School of Education, Ballarat University College, P.O. Box 663, 3353, Ballarat, Victoria

    Garry Henderson (Lecturer in Science Education)

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Specializations: Science teacher education, the practicum.

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Henderson, G. Improving the quality of primary science teaching through a pre-service course. Research in Science Education 22, 188–193 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02356895

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