Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 8, Issue 2, Article 2 (Dec., 2007) Behiye AKCAY Effectiveness of professional development program on a teacher’s learning to teach Science as inquiry Previous Contents Next

RESEARCH QUESTION

There are many studies undertaken to evaluate effectiveness of ICPD on teachers’ teaching strategies. However, none of the studies specifically focused on one teacher to investigate effectiveness of ICPD and the difficulties that teacher face during the actual implementation. Table 3 shows how various data sources combined to fit the following research question.

The specific research question guided this investigation is:

How does the Mrs. Smith change her philosophy and perceptions of her actual classroom practices over the course of a calendar year during the yearlong Iowa Chautauqua Professional Development program?

a- Changes in philosophies as evidenced by pre-post test administration of the PTL

b- Changes in perceptions of classroom practices as evidenced by pre-post test administration of the CLES-T and videotape observations using ESTEEM

c- Mrs. Smith’s students’ perceptions of her practice as evidenced by administration of CLES-S

Table 3: Cycle of the Study

Instrument	Day one of the summer workshop	After implementation of the Fall mini course	After implementation of the Spring mini course
PTL	X		X
CLES-T	X		X
CLES-S			X
ESTEEM		X	X