2012
DOI: 10.1080/03004279.2012.710640
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Views of primary science teachers towards the use of online resources to support the implementation of inquiry learning

Abstract: This study investigates Hong Kong primary science teachers' understandings of inquiry learning, perceived difficulties in implementing inquiry learning, as well as their current practices of and resistance to using online resources, in order to identify their needs and propose suggestions to address these needs. An online survey has been used to collect data from the primary science teachers taking part in a professional development course. Simple descriptive analyses of the data show that although the teacher… Show more

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“…Teacher guidance also becomes the consideration to run the inquiry model implementation well [11]. This study indicates that all educators including teachers and student teachers need to understand more abour inquiry learning to gain more benefits in learning process [12].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Teacher guidance also becomes the consideration to run the inquiry model implementation well [11]. This study indicates that all educators including teachers and student teachers need to understand more abour inquiry learning to gain more benefits in learning process [12].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For this reason, it can be stated that preservice science teachers have some misconceptions regarding the application process of the active learning methods. Furthermore, Cheng et al (2014) have determined in their study that the primary science teachers have misconceptions regarding inquiry based learning and that they faced problems by implementing the method in the class.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Some ways that teachers can use to improve and deal with inquiry learning challenges are as follows: 1) teachers can use instructional media, assign tasks with different levels of difficulty and provide guidance according to the needs of students (Merrienboar, 2013) to deal with students' abilities different ones. 2) learning can take advantage of online / internet facilities (So, et al 2012), blended learning (Sastradika, 2018) to help deal with the lack of time when learning inquiry. 3) teachers can develop problem-solving assessment rubrics that are appropriate for teachers and students to make it easier for students to implement strategies in solving problems (Halim et al 2016).…”
Section: Communicatingmentioning
confidence: 99%