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Start date: 1944 × Type: Masters Research thesis × Subject: Science × Subject: Study and teaching (Primary) × Subject: Science teachers × Author: Surman, Lynne ×

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    From I can't and I don't to I can and I want to : a study in teaching and learning
    Surman, Lynne ( 1998)
    In recent years, the teaching and learning of science in primary schools has been a major concern within professional sectors and at all levels of education. This study reveals teachers' responses and personal growth within a long term professional development program. Through an analysis of workshop session transcripts the researcher identifies a range of meanings made by the participant primary teachers about the teaching and learning of science in their classrooms. The findings indicate that positive changes in the teachers' views of themselves as learners of science takes place when teachers and tertiary teacher educators work together in long term collaborative inquiry. A further outcome is that the teachers develop new confidence and abilities which inform their classroom practice.