Abstract

Reports on the procedure and results of the trial of support materials that were developed for primary teacher mentors to help trainee teachers improve their medium-term and individual lesson plans. Concludes that trainees' practice in science improved in subsequent unmentored lessons, but good practice was not transferred to other subjects. (Contains 43 references.) (Author/YDS)

Citation

Jarvis, T., McKeon, F., Coates, D. & Vause, J. (2001). Beyond Generic Mentoring: Helping Trainee Teachers To Teach Primary Science. Research in Science & Technological Education, 19(1), 5-23. Retrieved August 7, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/165406/.

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Keywords

• Concept Formation
• elementary education
• Foreign Countries
• Mentors
• Misconceptions
• Pedagogical Content Knowledge
• Science Instruction
• student teaching
• teacher education
• teaching methods