Beginning secondary science teacher induction: A two-year mixed methods study

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1199-1224

  Luft, Julie A ^a   Firestone, Jonah B ^a,b   Wong, Sissy S ^a,c   Ortega, Ira ^a,d   Adams, Krista ^a,e   Bang, Eunjin ^a,f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

pedagogical content knowledge; science teacher education; teacher beliefs; teacher change; teacher education practicing teachers

Indexed keywords

PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE; SCIENCE TEACHER EDUCATION; TEACHER BELIEFS; TEACHER CHANGE; TEACHER EDUCATION-PRACTICING TEACHERS;

EDUCATION; RESEARCH;

TEACHING;

EID: 81055157549     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20444     Document Type: Article

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