TY - JOUR
T1 - Pre-service Science Teacher Preparation in Europe
T2 - Comparing Pre-service Teacher Preparation Programs in England, France, Finland and Cyprus
AU - Evagorou, Maria
AU - Dillon, Justin
AU - Viiri, Jouni
AU - Albe, Virginie
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - A number of reports recently identify that the quality of science education in a number of European countries is lower than expected. One of the reasons for the apparent underachievement in this generally economically prosperous continent might be a pedagogy of science that lacks variety, or a pedagogy that is less engaging than other subjects. Given the diversity of European education systems, the purpose of this paper is to present aspects of four pre-service teacher preparation programs illustrating the similarities and differences that emerge. Specifically, we present the teacher preparation programs in England, Finland, France and Cyprus.
AB - A number of reports recently identify that the quality of science education in a number of European countries is lower than expected. One of the reasons for the apparent underachievement in this generally economically prosperous continent might be a pedagogy of science that lacks variety, or a pedagogy that is less engaging than other subjects. Given the diversity of European education systems, the purpose of this paper is to present aspects of four pre-service teacher preparation programs illustrating the similarities and differences that emerge. Specifically, we present the teacher preparation programs in England, Finland, France and Cyprus.
KW - Europe
KW - Pre-service teacher training
KW - Primary science
KW - Secondary science
KW - Teacher preparation programs
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U2 - 10.1007/s10972-015-9421-8
DO - 10.1007/s10972-015-9421-8
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84925484547
SN - 1046-560X
VL - 26
SP - 99
EP - 115
JO - Journal of Science Teacher Education
JF - Journal of Science Teacher Education
IS - 1
ER -