How can we carry out an action-research to improve practice in the science classroom?

The work describes a program of action-research carried out with secondary education science teachers. The program persues the professional development through the curricular innovation, taking as promotional agent the action-oriented reflection, lending itself special attention to the socialization...

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Main Authors: Bartolomé Vázquez Bernal, Roque Jiménez-Pérez, Vicente Mellado Jiménez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2008-01-01
Series:Investigações em Ensino de Ciências
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Online Access:http://www.if.ufrgs.br/ienci/artigos/Artigo_ID24/v13_n1_a2008.pdf
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Summary:The work describes a program of action-research carried out with secondary education science teachers. The program persues the professional development through the curricular innovation, taking as promotional agent the action-oriented reflection, lending itself special attention to the socialization of the teachers. Throughout two school years actions directed to such effects were taken, organizing themselves through pedagogical content knowledge. The results show that the teachers, in a slow and gradual form, are incorporating new practical theories to their reflections and work in the classroom.
ISSN:1518-8795