Beyond the dichotomy of teacher- versus student-focused education: A survey study on physics teachers' beliefs about the goals and pedagogy of physics education
ARTICLE
Nelleke A.H. Belo, Jan H. van Driel, Klaas van Veen, Nico Verloop
TATE Volume 39, Number 1, ISSN 0742-051X Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
This study explored the content and structure of physics teachers' beliefs on teaching and learning in general in relation to their domain-specific beliefs. A questionnaire was administered to secondary school teachers in physics (N = 126) in the Netherlands. The results showed that beliefs about the general and domain-specific goals of physics education formed an interrelated belief system consisting of content-oriented and student-oriented beliefs. Moreover, teachers agreed with the importance of both teacher-regulated and student-regulated learning. Therefore, research on teachers' beliefs should go beyond the often used dichotomy between ‘teacher-focused’ versus ‘student-focused’ education by focusing on the rationale behind ‘appropriate’ teaching behavior.
Citation
Belo, N.A.H., van Driel, J.H., van Veen, K. & Verloop, N. (2014). Beyond the dichotomy of teacher- versus student-focused education: A survey study on physics teachers' beliefs about the goals and pedagogy of physics education. Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 39(1), 89-101. Elsevier Ltd. Retrieved August 17, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/p/202845/.
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Keywords
- FP
- fundamental physics
- Goals
- KDP
- knowledge development in physics
- knowledge reproduction
- learning-/moral-oriented
- LMO
- pedagogy
- physics education
- physics, technology and society
- PTS
- regulation
- REP
- SRLCON
- student learning
- student-regulated learning and knowledge construction
- teacher beliefs
- teacher-regulated learning
- TQO
- transmission-/qualification-oriented
- TRL