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http://dx.doi.org/10.5140/JASS.2005.22.1.069

THE STRUCTURES OF THE ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTIONS OF PRESERVICE SECONDARY TEACHERS ON SEASONAL CHANCES  

Oh, Jun-Young (Department of Earth science Education, Chonnam National University)
Park, Sung-Ho (School of Science & Technology, Jeonju University)
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Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences / v.22, no.1, 2005 , pp. 69-88 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was to understand the components that influence preservice secondary teachers' conceptions about 'seasonal changes' We selected 74 university science education students among whom 23 were in the second, 23 in the third, and 28 in the fourth year. The data collected from the paper-pencil test and individual interview with students. The results of this study show that the students had considerable apparent alternative conceptions, and that the 'distance theory' had most important effects on their alternative conceptions. It can be said that preservice secondary teachers' initial models of the seasonal change have their origin in their belief sets (specific theory) related to 'seasonal change', on the basis of which they can interpret their observations and cultural information with the constraints of a naive frame-work of physics. The structures and possible sources of their alternative conceptions for overcoming these alternative conceptions were also discussed. Implications for preservice science teacher education related to the results were discussed.
Keywords
seasonal changes; alternative conceptions; framework theory; distance theory;
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