Science education journal/periodical reading patterns of senior level undergraduate education students at the university of Oklahoma, 1973‐1982

Butler, Charles E.

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“…The findings of Kramer are not dissimilar to those of other investigators over the ensuing five decades (Butler, 1985;Garverick, 1969;Koballa, 1987;Cogan and Anderson, 1977;Eicher and Wood, 1977;Balow, 1961;Morrison, 1952;Lauwerys, 1957). With but one exception (Fisher, 1958) the 68 journal articles, spanning 1929 to 1988, reviewed in connection with this study, spoke to the general disregard that educators have for the literature of their profession.…”

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Do Educators Use the Literature of the Profession?

Latham

1993

NASSP Bulletin

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Do Educators Use the Literature of the Profession?

Latham

1993

NASSP Bulletin

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“…In this study, The Science Teacher was the most popular journal. A similar pattern was reported by Bonnstetter (1984) and Koballa (1987), while Butler (1985) reported that The American Biology Teacher was the most popular for preservice secondary science students. The general science orientation could be a reason why The Science Teacher was identified as the most frequently and thoroughly read science education journal.…”

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Professional education reading patterns of presidential science honorees

Barrow

1989

J Res Sci Teach

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The 422 Presidential Science Honorees participated in a Delphi study composed of two surveys. The first survey ascertained the science education journals, general education journals, science indexes, and education indexes that preservice secondary science education majors should be familiar with in their preparation program. There was a 53.9% return rate for the first survey, but data about science and education indexes was too limited for further analysis. The second survey included the most frequently mentioned science education and general education journals and a demographic component. There was a 72.5% return rate for the second survey with 92.1% of the first respondents completing the second survey. The respondents were 36.9% female and 59.8% male. Generally, the respondents were mainly high school teachers who have a Master's degree, are actively involved in their school system's inservice education program for science, attend professional meetings, submit manuscripts for publication, more recently completed a college science course than a college education course, and read science education journals more frequently and thoroughly than general education journals. The most frequently read journals tend to be of a practical orientation. Almost 60% of the respondents read more than one-third of each issue of The Science Teacher.

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“…The same survey also indicated that only 24 of the 75 teachers had heard of The Science Teacher. In another study, Butler (1985) examined the journal reading patterns of senior level secondary undergraduate education students at the University of Oklahoma from 1973-1982. He found that articles from the American Biology Teacher totaled 22 percent of all the science education articles read by students during those years. The results of a national survey also indicate that more than half of the middle school teachers questioned perceived professional journals such as Science and Children and The Science Teacher as good sources of information on science teaching; however, approximately 65 percent admitted that they do not read professional journals (Hurd et al, 1981).…”

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