TY - JOUR
T1 - Teaching transformation under centralized curriculum and teacher learning community
T2 - Two Chinese chemistry teachers' experiences in developing inquiry-based instruction
AU - Gao, Su
AU - Wang, Jian
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2014/11/1
Y1 - 2014/11/1
N2 - The establishment of centralized curriculum standards and school-based teacher learning communities are presumably necessary to reform science teaching towards inquiry-based instruction in many countries. Drawing on interview, document, and unit plan data from two high school chemistry teachers in China, this study examines these assumptions. Findings indicated that both teachers developed different kinds of science teaching practices despite working under the centralized science curriculum and school-based teacher learning communities. Different teaching experiences of the two teachers and their school cultures of teaching interacted with the centralized curriculum and teacher teaching community to consequently shape their teaching practices in different ways.
AB - The establishment of centralized curriculum standards and school-based teacher learning communities are presumably necessary to reform science teaching towards inquiry-based instruction in many countries. Drawing on interview, document, and unit plan data from two high school chemistry teachers in China, this study examines these assumptions. Findings indicated that both teachers developed different kinds of science teaching practices despite working under the centralized science curriculum and school-based teacher learning communities. Different teaching experiences of the two teachers and their school cultures of teaching interacted with the centralized curriculum and teacher teaching community to consequently shape their teaching practices in different ways.
KW - Centralized curriculum
KW - Inquiry-based instruction
KW - Teacher-learning community
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84908076295&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2014.07.008
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2014.07.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84908076295
VL - 44
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
SN - 0742-051X
ER -