Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 3, Issue 1, Article 1(June, 2002)
Winnie Wing-Mui SO
Constructivist Teaching in Primary Science
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Constructivist Teaching in Primary Science
 

Winnie Wing-Mui SO

Hong Kong Institute of Education

Email: wiso@ied.edu.hk

Received: 18 May, 2002


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Introduction

The present study aimed to find evidence of constructivist teaching amongst teachers in primary science lessons and to identify any changes in the extent of constructivist teaching when teachers advanced from pre-service to novice teaching. In order to make an overview of the teachers' changes in their practice of teaching from pre-service teacher education to beginning teaching, a longitudinal study was conducted with teachers for three academic years. The first two stages were the pre-professional phases during initial teacher education, and the final stage was the beginning teaching year. At each stage of the study, student teachers' teaching was observed once a year.


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