- Title
- The affordance of place in developing place-responsive science teaching pedagogy : reflections from pre-service teachers
- Creator
- Ma, Hongming; Green, Monica
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/179540
- Identifier
- vital:15625
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2021.1898139
- Identifier
- ISBN:1046-560X (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Despite being increasingly popular within broader educational discourse, place-responsive pedagogy is less apparent in science teacher education. This paper investigates the perspectives of pre-service teachers in a science education course informed by place-responsive pedagogy in a Bachelor of Education (primary) program at an Australian regional university. The place-based study belongs to longitudinal research that examined the impact of the modified science course hallmarked by university–school partnerships and science lessons conducted by pre-service teachers with children from rural and regional schools in Gippsland, Victoria in a wetland and school ground setting. The study and science course were framed by a place pedagogy framework. Using this framework, we examine how pre-service teachers view and understand the affordance of places for teaching science. The study employed a document analysis of coursework essays as well as follow-up semi-structured interviews with two pre-service teacher cohorts (wetland and school ground). Findings indicate that pre-service teacher’s exposure to place-responsive frameworks helped build their awareness about the affordance of place for science teaching. Challenges associated with taking science beyond the conventional classroom are also identified and discussed. © 2021 Association for Science Teacher Education.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Relation
- Journal of Science Teacher Education Vol. 32, no. 8 (2021), p. 890-910
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- Copyright © 2021 Association for Science Teacher Education
- Rights
- Open Access
- Subject
- 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy; Affordance; Outdoor teaching; Place; Place pedagogy; Pre-service teacher; Science education; Teacher education
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