Assessing Biology Pre-Service Teachers' Professional Vision of Teaching Scientific Inquiry

Autor/inn/en	Vogt, Friederike; Schmiemann, Philipp
Titel	Assessing Biology Pre-Service Teachers' Professional Vision of Teaching Scientific Inquiry
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 10 (2020), Artikel 332 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Schmiemann, Philipp)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Science Education; Secondary Education; Biology; Professional Development; Teacher Competencies; Active Learning; Inquiry; Laboratory Experiments; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Vignettes; Authentic Learning; Formative Evaluation; Foreign Countries; Video Technology; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Sekundarbereich; Biologie; Lehrkunst; Aktives Lernen; Laboratory work; Laborarbeit; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	Professional vision is a key ability in the professional development of pre- and in-service teachers as it determines how professionals perceive and interpret situations. The aim of this study was to conceptualize an instrument for professional vision focusing on formative assessment in the context of scientific inquiry. This focus is highly valuable, since formative assessment contributes to the quality of science teaching and learning. The four-dimensionality of the construct of professional vision with its abilities (perception, description, explanation, and prediction) was confirmed by means of our text-vignette-based instrument. The professional vision of pre-service teachers (N = 80) was fostered in training, involving a seminar phase and a teaching phase in an out-of-school laboratory. In a pre-post design significant interaction effects of groups (training vs. comparison group (N = 39)) and time for the ability description (F(1,117) = 29.14 p < 0.001) and prediction (F(1,117) = 14.81 p < 0.001) were found, indicating the sensitivity of the instrument. Our instrument allows the assessment of the abilities description and prediction. The scales for the abilities perception and explanation need further refinements. Nonetheless, our instrument could be a starting point to further investigate professional vision in science contexts as it incorporates the essential key features such as a situated approach. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01