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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2020.41.2.194

Analysis of Elementary School Pre-service Teachers' Explanation Types and Characteristics in Description of Observable Lunar Phases  

Shin, Yoonjoo (Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University)
Ahn, Yumin (Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.41, no.2, 2020 , pp. 194-207 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to identify the types and characteristics of elementary school pre-service teachers revealed in the process of resolving the change of lunar phases, which emphasizes the context of actual observation, and to provide suggestions for areas to be considered in the elementary school teacher training program. To this end, we analyzed the 30 pre-service teachers' explaining the observable lunar phases, and the main research results are as follows. First, the phase change of the moon was often explained by introducing the timetable for each phase of the moon rather than based on observation of the phenomenon and scientific reasoning. Second, an alternative concept of the type that the moon is invisible when the sun rises or that the moon can always be observed has been identified. Third, there was a case of explaining that the time and orientation for observing the moon can be observed regardless of the position of the sun or when observing the sun. Also, the date of observing the moon was assumed to be approached by assuming the lunar calendar. Based on the above results, pedagogical implications were discussed.
Keywords
Observable lunar phase; Observable time and direction; Elementary school pre-service teacher; Alternative conception;
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