KMID : 1059520100540010142
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Journal of the Korean Chemical Society 2010 Volume.54 No. 1 p.142 ~ p.149
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Pre-service Chemistry Teachers¡¯ Awareness of Middle School Students¡¯ Misconceptions and Their Perceived Educational Needs
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Han Su-Jin
Park Youn-Ok Park Ji-Ae Noh Tae-Hee
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Abstract
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In this study, we investigated pre-service chemistry teachers¡¯ awareness and perceptions of middle school students¡¯ misconceptions and their perceived educational needs. A survey was administered to 87 seniors at the department of chemistry education of five colleges of education. The instrument was consisted of a test for their awareness and perceptions of students¡¯ misconceptions on chemistry topics and an educational need test for their experiences and needs for learning them. Analyses of the results revealed that most pre-service teachers were not thoroughly aware of students¡¯ misconceptions related to the particulate nature of matter. The perceptions of a necessity of knowing misconceptions and a willingness to deal with them were positive. However there were few pre-service teachers addressing them according to the constructivism. The pre-service teachers encountered misconceptions through chemical education courses, and had difficulties in practicing teaching strategies addressing misconceptions because of limited examples of misconceptions and insufficiencies of methods/materials in teaching. They also needed lectures and practices related to students¡¯ misconceptions. Educational implications of these findings are discussed.
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KEYWORD
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Misconception, Pre-service teacher, Educational need
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