Developing Biology Lessons Aimed at Teaching for Understanding: A Domain-Specific Heuristic for Student Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Janssen, Fred J. J. M.; Tigelaar, Dineke E. H.; Verloop, Nico
Titel	Developing Biology Lessons Aimed at Teaching for Understanding: A Domain-Specific Heuristic for Student Teachers
Quelle	In: Journal of Science Teacher Education, 20 (2009) 1, S.1-20 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1046-560X
DOI	10.1007/s10972-008-9118-3
Schlagwörter	Student Teachers; Heuristics; Biology; Science Instruction; Preservice Teacher Education; Lesson Plans; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Teaching Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehramtsstudent; Lehramtsstudentin; Referendar; Referendarin; Heuristik; Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	Teaching for understanding requires teachers to organize thought-demanding activities which continually challenge students to apply and extend their prior knowledge. Research shows that student teachers often are unable to develop lessons in teaching for understanding. We explored how a domain-specific heuristic can assist student biology teachers in developing problem-posing lessons according to teaching for understanding. Worksheets of lesson plans were analyzed according to criteria for problem-posing lessons. Furthermore, student teachers' perceptions of the design heuristic's usefulness were categorized in a cyclical process. In general, the heuristic appeared helpful to most student teachers for designing problem-posing lessons satisfactory according to the criteria. Furthermore, teachers indicated that using the heuristic deepened their subject matter knowledge and their awareness of pupils' prior knowledge. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10