Introduction There are concerns about the science performance of Australian primary school students (Good rum, Hackling & Rennie, 2001), which requires a “major set of initiatives that focus on teacher beliefs and practices in the teaching and learning of science” (Sharpley, Tytler & Conley, 2000, p. 1). The science education community is calling for a “new approach” to science education in American schools, with an approach where a “mentor models, then coaches, then scaffolds, and then gradually fades scaffolding” (Barab & Hay, 2001, pp. 74, 90). The mentor, as modeller of practice, appears to be a key factor for enhancing science teaching, which may assist towards implementing science education refor
Science in the Australian primary school context is in a state of renewal with the recent implementa...
Primary science education is a concern around the world and quality mentoring within schools can dev...
Primary science education is a concern around the world and quality mentoring within schools can dev...
Introduction There are concerns about the science performance of Australian primary school students ...
A literature-based survey gathered 331 final-year preservice teachers’ perceptions of their mentorin...
A literature-based survey gathered 331 final-year preservice teachers’ perceptions of their mentorin...
This study describes an elementary science model of professional development through mentoring by un...
Final year preservice teachers\u27 perceptions of their mentoring in primary science teaching were g...
A literature-based survey gathered 331 final-year preservice teachers’ perceptions of their mentorin...
Perceptions of mentors\u27 practices related to primary science teaching were obtained from final ye...
Primary science education is a key area in the curriculum, yet primary science education is still le...
The transition from generic mentoring to specific mentoring practices can provide a stronger focus f...
Perceptions of mentors' practices related to primary science teaching were obtained from final year ...
The transition from generic mentoring to specific mentoring practices can provide a stronger focus f...
Traditional school science education practices (teacher as director, learning of de-contextualized c...
Science in the Australian primary school context is in a state of renewal with the recent implementa...
Primary science education is a concern around the world and quality mentoring within schools can dev...
Primary science education is a concern around the world and quality mentoring within schools can dev...
Introduction There are concerns about the science performance of Australian primary school students ...
A literature-based survey gathered 331 final-year preservice teachers’ perceptions of their mentorin...
A literature-based survey gathered 331 final-year preservice teachers’ perceptions of their mentorin...
This study describes an elementary science model of professional development through mentoring by un...
Final year preservice teachers\u27 perceptions of their mentoring in primary science teaching were g...
A literature-based survey gathered 331 final-year preservice teachers’ perceptions of their mentorin...
Perceptions of mentors\u27 practices related to primary science teaching were obtained from final ye...
Primary science education is a key area in the curriculum, yet primary science education is still le...
The transition from generic mentoring to specific mentoring practices can provide a stronger focus f...
Perceptions of mentors' practices related to primary science teaching were obtained from final year ...
The transition from generic mentoring to specific mentoring practices can provide a stronger focus f...
Traditional school science education practices (teacher as director, learning of de-contextualized c...
Science in the Australian primary school context is in a state of renewal with the recent implementa...
Primary science education is a concern around the world and quality mentoring within schools can dev...
Primary science education is a concern around the world and quality mentoring within schools can dev...