Revista Electrónica Interuniversitaria de Formación del Profesorado, REIFOP Vol. 19, Núm. 2 (2016)

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Formación de profesores: perspectivas de Brasil, Colombia, España y Portugal

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    El efecto de un programa de formación para profesores sobre sus concepciones de naturaleza de la ciencia y tecnología
    (2016-04-26) Vazquez Alonso, Angel; Manassero-Mas, María Antonia
    The themes of nature of science and technology (NoS&T) are considered key and innovative for scientific literacy and therefore the training of science teachers on these issues is needed. The effectiveness of a training model for secondary teachers in initial training along the lines of conceptual change suggested in research is tested. Teachers perform some explicit, reflective learning activities, based on the pedagogical content knowledge on a specific NoS&T topic (scientific research) and develop some self-evaluative reflections. The effectiveness of training is evaluated through a methodology that applies a longitudinal quasi-experimental pre / post-test design and uses an assessment tool based on ten items on scenarios. The findings show the teachers' individual profiles of conceptual change that allow identifying the specific areas where teachers change their previous ideas and the direction and intensity of the changes in their understanding of the subject; further, the changes for each of the ten assessment questions are identified, which reveal the complexity of conceptual change. Finally, feasibility, generalization and improvements proposed for the initial training model for science teachers is discussed. 
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    Formación Continua de los profesores de Ciencias: simuladores virtuales como un recurso para el trabajo Experimental
    (2016-04-26) Reis, Susana Alexandre dos; Santos, Filipe
    This article presents a 50 hour course for in-service science teachers who wish to conduct experimental work with their students using the potentialities of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). This course was designed taking into consideration that several studies in Portugal have shown that in-service science teachers still have lots of difficulties in setting experimental work in a coherent pedagogical framework and also that teachers don't know how to use ICT resources under a socio-constructivist learning approach.  The course aims to help teachers on how to choose virtual simulators that are adequate to certain learning objectives and how to create learner-centred activities using these resources under the main pedagogical guidelines of experimental work.