The role of science teachers' beliefs in international classrooms : : from teacher actions to student learning / / edited by Robert Evans [and three others].

This book provides science teacher educators and science educational researchers with a current overview on the roles of beliefs in science education settings. There are four focal areas in the book: an overview of this field of research, lines of research, implications for policy, and implications...

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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam, Netherlands : : Sense Publishers,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (225 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / Robert Evans , Julie Luft , Charlene Czerniak and Celestine Pea
  • Teaching Self-Efficacy of Science Teachers / Ron Blonder , Naama Benny and M. Gail Jones
  • Overview of the Role of Teacher Beliefs in Science Education / Carolyn S. Wallace
  • Cultural Effects on Self-Efficacy Beliefs / Robert H. Evans
  • Teacher Professional Development and Self-Efficacy Beliefs / Andrew Lumpe , Amy Vaughn , Robin Henrikson and Dan Bishop
  • Cross-Cultural Research and Perspectives on Epistemology, Learning Environments, and Culture / Kadir Demir and Chad D. Ellett
  • Situating Beliefs in the Theory of Planned Behavior / P. Sean Smith , Adrienne A. Smith and Eric R. Banilower
  • Measurement of Science Teachers’ Efficacy Beliefs / Gail Shroyer , Iris Riggs and Larry Enochs
  • NSF-Funded Research on Beleifs in STEM Education / Celestine H. Pea
  • Connecting Teacher Beliefs Research and Policy: An Overview and Potential Approaches / Julie A. Luft and Sissy S. Wong
  • Becoming an Activist Science Teacher: a Longitudinal Case Study of an Induction Intervention / Sarah Elizabeth Barrett
  • Examining Science Teachers’ Orientations in an Era of Reform: The Role of Context on Beliefs and Practice / Vanashri Nargrund-Joshi , Meredith Park Rogers and Heidi Wiebke
  • Science Teacher Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Change Processes, and Professional Development / Kadir Demir and Chad D. Ellett
  • Science Teachers’ Beliefs about Nature of Science and Science-Technology-Society Issues: Cross-Cultural Results Through a New Standardized Assessment / Ángel Vázquez-Alonso and María-Antonia Manassero-Mas
  • Challenges of Elementary Science Teaching / James J. Watters
  • Index / Robert Evans , Julie Luft , Charlene Czerniak and Celestine Pea.