Supporting the Development of Science Pre-service Teachers’ Creativity and Critical Thinking in Secondary Science Initial Teacher Education

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dc.contributor.authorMarangio K
dc.contributor.authorCarpendale J
dc.contributor.authorCooper R
dc.contributor.authorMansfield J
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T00:42:16Z
dc.date.available2023-03-03
dc.date.available2023-03-06T00:42:16Z
dc.date.issued3/03/2023
dc.descriptionCAUL read and publish agreement 2023
dc.description.abstractCreative and critical thinking (C&CT) capabilities are essential qualities of future ready scientific literate citizens. As teacher educators, developing C&CT in science pre-service teachers (PSTs) requires supporting PSTs’ development of C&CT, in addition to supporting their understanding and capacity to teach for development of C&CT in their future school science students. In this study, four secondary science educators critically reflected on the development of our professional knowledge and practice for supporting secondary science PSTs’ understanding of, and capacity to teach, C&CT as future teachers of science. Meeting transcripts, reflective journaling and curriculum documents were inductively analysed for key themes, utilising an iterative approach with multiple cycles of review. Findings showed that integrating C&CT in explicit ways in our teaching and assessment tasks was not as straight-forward as initially imagined. Three themes were identified, showing how our thinking evolved, namely (1) becoming sensitised to C&CT in our science ITE practice; (2) developing a shared language and understanding for science education; and (3) illuminating the conditions for teaching C&CT. A recurring feature in all themes was the value of tensions for sensitising us to specific aspects of C&CT and its teaching. We offer recommendations for others seeking to develop science PSTs’ C&CT.
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dc.identifier.citationResearch in Science Education, 2023
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11165-023-10104-x
dc.identifier.elements-id460059
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn0157-244X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/18076
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.isPartOfResearch in Science Education
dc.relation.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11165-023-10104-x
dc.subjectCreativity
dc.subjectCritical Thinking
dc.subjectScience Education
dc.subjectPre-Service Teachers
dc.subjectTeacher Educators
dc.subject.anzsrc1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy
dc.subject.anzsrc1303 Specialist Studies in Education
dc.titleSupporting the Development of Science Pre-service Teachers’ Creativity and Critical Thinking in Secondary Science Initial Teacher Education
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/Institute of Education
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