Abstract

Preservice elementary teachers often lack science knowledge which reduces their confidence to teach science in schools. “Slowmation” (abbreviated from “Slow Animation”) is a simplified form of stop-motion animation that encourages preservice teachers to engage with science content by creating their own animations. The study involves 29 preservice elementary teachers in a science method course to ascertain if they improved their science knowledge when they created their own animations and whether they used the approach on practicum. Qualitative data (three interviews, two concept maps and the animations) collected from each preservice teacher showed that 28/29 increased their science content knowledge as a result of creating their own animations and four of the preservice teachers used the approach for teaching science on practicum. Slowmations is a new way for preservice teachers to learn science knowledge at university and is an emerging pedagogy for teaching science in schools.

Citation

Hoban, G., McDonald, D., Ferry, B. & Hoban, S. (2009). Simplifying Animation to Encourage Preservice Teachers’ Science Learning and Teaching Using “Slowmation”. In G. Siemens & C. Fulford (Eds.), Proceedings of ED-MEDIA 2009--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications (pp. 2838-2847). Honolulu, HI, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 11, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/31883/.

© 2009 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

Keywords

• concept maps
• pre-service teacher