Mentor Advice Giving in an Alternative Certification Program for Secondary Science Teaching: Opportunities and Roadblocks in Developing a Knowledge Base for Teaching
| Autor: | Thomas R. Koballa, Leslie Bradbury |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Medical education
business.industry Alternative teacher certification 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Nature of Science Benchmarking Certification Science education Teacher education Education ComputingMilieux_GENERAL Scientific literacy 0504 sociology Knowledge base Pedagogy ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION business Psychology 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Science Teacher Education. 18:817-840 |
| ISSN: | 1573-1847 1046-560X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10972-007-9076-1 |
| Popis: | Mentoring is often an important component of alternative certification programs, yet little is known about what novices learn about science teaching through mentoring relationships. This study investigated the advice given by two mentor science teachers to their proteges. Findings indicate that mentors gave more advice related to general pedagogical knowledge than science-specific pedagogical content knowledge. Specifically, there was little to no advice related to the topics of inquiry, the nature of science, or the development of scientific literacy. Implications call for an increase in communication between university teacher education programs and school-based mentors, the development of benchmarks to help guide mentor–protege interactions, and the importance of a multiyear induction process. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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