Balmer, Denise
(2021).
An evaluation of short earth science continuing professional development for trainee primary school teachers, 2009-2015.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
UK Data Service.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-854373
Data description (abstract)
The comments from 1395 evaluation forms completed by 25% trainee teachers participating in earth science workshops were used to ascertain whether the workshops contributed to teaching practices and teacher confidence. The workshops took place in English teacher training establishments between 2009 and 2015.
The background qualifications of the trainees, and their confidence at teaching science prior to the workshop were investigated. The evaluation responses of the participants were analysed thematically (Braun & Clarke, 2006) and it was found that these themes related very closely to Guskey’s (2000) categories as being important outcomes for effective Continuing Professional Development (CPD). The workshops provided informative, accurate subject content knowledge which could be used along with the pedagogical content knowledge for trainees and teachers with little science background. The trainees stated that they felt confident in using the workshop ideas; that they could adapt these ideas to their own teaching styles and that the simple but effective resources were easily available for use. The workshops provided the knowledge and understanding of the subject a teacher needed prior to offering it as a lesson, seen as being very important (Harlen and Elstgeest (1992). The workshops showed that they could indeed fulfil a need effectively in a short workshop providing confidence and reliable teaching content.
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Education
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| Keywords: |
EARTH SCIENCES, PROFESSIONAL TRAINING, PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION SCIENCE, PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL, PRIMARY SCHOOLS
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| Project dates: |
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| 1 April 2014 | 9 January 2019 |
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| Date published: |
25 Feb 2021 11:32
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| Last modified: |
01 Mar 2021 16:56
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| 1 September 2009 | 30 June 2015 |
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England |
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Data was sourced from evaluation forms in Keele University archive for Earth Science Education Unit. The data was collected from 25% of the evaluation forms completed anonymously by trainee teachers attending Earth Science Education Unit primary workshops between 2009 and 2015. Written comments were tabulated and themed. |
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Event/Process |
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Numeric, Text |
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Qualitative and mixed methods data |
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English |
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| Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
Processed by hand and using Word and Excel. Individual level data is not available, for more information please contact Denise Balmer.
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The Data Collection is available to any user without the requirement for registration for download/access.
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| Publisher: |
UK Data Service
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| Last modified: |
01 Mar 2021 16:56
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