Insights from a subject knowledge enhancement course for preparing new chemistry and physics teachers
Issue 349 | Page 101 | Published Jun 2013
Description
SKE courses challenge common assumptions about the nature of subject knowledge for teaching and who should teach it: school science educators or scientists? This article shares the SKE course model developed and taught by the Science Education team at Liverpool John Moores University, and some early insights into supporting subject knowledge development.
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