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Teaching Practices in Science: a Survey of Primary Teachers in the French Speaking Community of Belgium
Quittre, Valérie; Meyer, Coralie; Monseur, Christian
2014European conference on Educational Research - "The Past, the Present and Future of Educational Research in Europe"
 

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Keywords :
Teaching practices; Science Education; Primary Education
Abstract :
[en] Since PISA 2000, the performance of 15 year-old students from French speaking Community of Belgium (FWB) in science is largely below the OECD average (OECD, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2010 and 2013). This low level of performance is not really unexpected as it was already observed at grade 7 and grade 8 in TIMSS 1995 (Harmon, Smith & Martin, 1997). In mathematics and in reading, the average performance of the 15 year-olds do not significantly differ from the OECD mean. Can these differences in performance in comparison with the OECD means be partly attributed to the emphasis and importance of the respective intended and implemented curricula? Does the relative importance of science teaching differ between primary and secondary education? In this investigation, we make the assumptions that the problem already exists in primary education and persists in secondary education. Therefore, we will focus on primary education. Data will be mainly collected on opportunities to learn (OTL) for science education and on professional knowledge and teaching practices More precisely, these study intents to question teachers at grade 3 and grade 4 about their beliefs and practices in science. Do the primary teachers feel confident and comfortable with science knowledge and science teaching? What’s the effective learning time of our pupils in science? Can we identify patterns of teachers that current international research has shown to have a significant role in science education of pupils?
Research center :
Approches Quantitatives des Faits Educatifs
Disciplines :
Education & instruction
Author, co-author :
Quittre, Valérie ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Education et formation > Psychométrie et édumétrie
Meyer, Coralie;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Education et Formation > Psychométrie et Edumétrie > Master 2 - Sciences de l'Education
Monseur, Christian ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département Education et formation > Psychométrie et édumétrie
Language :
English
Title :
Teaching Practices in Science: a Survey of Primary Teachers in the French Speaking Community of Belgium
Publication date :
04 September 2014
Event name :
European conference on Educational Research - "The Past, the Present and Future of Educational Research in Europe"
Event organizer :
European Educational Research Association
Event place :
Porto, Portugal
Event date :
du 2 septembre 2014 au 5 septembre 2014
Audience :
International
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