Scientific support competence of elementary teachers

Scientific phenomena are part of children's everyday lives. Since PISA, scientific education has become increasingly important, even in elementary school. At the University of Flensburg, the advanced training concept "Experiment makes you smart" was developed with the aim of further training elementary teachers in the field of natural sciences and technology in order to be able to competently accompany research-based experimentation in day-care centers. This study, as an accepted dissertation at the University of Flensburg, investigates the extent to which the further training courses can initiate and support the development of skills on the part of the participants. Over a period of six months, elementary teachers were questioned using questionnaire analyzes and guided interviews with regard to the self-organized implementation of the further training content in their day-care center. With the help of category systems to describe the areas of competence, data could be obtained that enable the scientific support competence of elementary teachers to be recorded.

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• Title: Scientific support competence of elementary teachers
• Subtitle: A quantitative and qualitative study of the competence development of elementary teachers as part of a further training measure to promote scientific education in day-care centers
• Author: Dr. Kirsten Richter
• ISBN: 978-3-86376-018-2
• Cover photo: © Dr. Kirsten Richter
• University: University of Flensburg
• Reviewer: Prof. Dr. Lutz Fiesser, Prof. Dr. Gerd Juergen Mueller
• Edition: 1st edition
• Published: 1st edition 09/19/2012
• Subject: Pedagogy
• Product Type: Book (Hardcover)
• Product type: Dissertation
• Language: German
• Binding: Softcover (paperback)
• Dimensions: 21.0 x 14.8 cm (DIN A5)
• Extent: IV / 253 pages
• Condition: New (shrink-wrapped in foil)
• Keywords: Term interest, reference norms, education, elementary pedagogue, elementary pedagogical educational approaches, research methods, further training concept, further training measures, early childhood education, early childhood educational processes, day-care centres, concept of competence, measurement of competence, motivation to learn, scientific education, qualitative investigation, quantitative investigation, self-education, self-concept, Self-concept structure models, theoretical approaches, experiment makes you smart

Author

Kirsten Richter is a research assistant at the Institute for Physics and Chemistry and their Didactics at the University of Flensburg. Her focus is on the training and further education of educators in connection with the basic scientific education of children.

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