Evaluating the effectiveness of teacher preparation courses in raising students’ understanding of the nature of science using the SUSSI survey

Harry Kanasa; David Geelan; Margaret Marshman; Alison Sammel; Timothy Strohfeldt

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Evaluating the effectiveness of teacher preparation courses in raising students’ understanding of the nature of science using the SUSSI survey

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Evaluating the effectiveness of teacher preparation courses in raising students’ understanding of the nature of science using the SUSSI survey

Harry Kanasa, David Geelan, Margaret Marshman, Alison Sammel and Timothy Strohfeldt

Proceedings of the 2013 Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) Conference, pp.1-13

Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) Annual conference: Knowledge makers and notice takers: teacher education research impacting policy and practice, 2013 (Brisbane, Australia, 30-Jun-2013–03-Jul-2013)

Australian Teacher Education Association

2013

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Curriculum and Pedagogy

teacher preparation courses

Student Understanding of Science and Scientific Inquiry (SUSSI) survey

This paper reports on an exploratory pilot study conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of various science teacher preparation courses in raising pre-service teachers understanding of the nature of science (NOS). Undergraduate (n1=229, n2=211) and postgraduate (n1=81, n2=53) students in four courses, across five campuses and two universities, were assessed using the Student Understanding of Science and Scientific Inquiry (SUSSI) survey (Liang et al., 2008) both pre- and post- course. Paired samples t-tests on individual items of the SUSSI revealed limited change in the pre-service teachers' understanding of NOS in the various courses examined. In addition to the tightening of methodological controls a more explicit reflective approach will be adopted in the next round of data collection.

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Title: Evaluating the effectiveness of teacher preparation courses in raising students’ understanding of the nature of science using the SUSSI survey
Authors: Harry Kanasa (Author) - Griffith University
David Geelan (Author) - Griffith University
Margaret Marshman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Alison Sammel (Author) - Griffith University
Timothy Strohfeldt (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: Proceedings of the 2013 Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) Conference, pp.1-13
Conference details: Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA) Annual conference: Knowledge makers and notice takers: teacher education research impacting policy and practice, 2013 (Brisbane, Australia, 30-Jun-2013–03-Jul-2013)
Publisher: Australian Teacher Education Association
Date published: 2013
Organisation Unit: School of Education - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449090402621
Output Type: Conference paper

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