Teaching Traditions in Science Teachers' Practices and the Introduction of National Testing

Autor/inn/en	Lidar, Malena; Karlberg, Martin; Almqvist, Jonas; Östman, Leif; Lundqvist, Eva
Titel	Teaching Traditions in Science Teachers' Practices and the Introduction of National Testing
Quelle	In: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 62 (2018) 5, S.754-768 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0031-3831
DOI	10.1080/00313831.2017.1306802
Schlagwörter	Science Teachers; Political Issues; Moral Values; Teaching Methods; Science Instruction; Educational Change; Foreign Countries; Teacher Attitudes; Course Content; Science Curriculum; Standardized Tests; Secondary School Teachers; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Politischer Faktor; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Bildungsreform; Ausland; Lehrerverhalten; Kursprogramm; Standadised tests; Standardisierter Test; Schweden
Abstract	Our main interest in this article is to explore whether Swedish teachers changed their teaching and assessment practices in relation to the new national tests in science education that were introduced 2009. Data was collected using a web-distributed questionnaire, which was answered by 407 teachers. The concept of teaching traditions is used to capture patterns of what is emphasized by teachers in terms of goals and content in teaching and the design of the questionnaire was based on the concept of curriculum emphases. The results show two distinct groups of focus, which are compared with two traditions within science education: the Academic and the Moral tradition. The main content where teaching has been changed is in making science more applied than before, where applied not only means the application of science knowledge to practical technical issues, but also to moral and political issues. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01