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Professional Development for Primary Teachers in Science and Technology pp 231–236Cite as

Introduction to Part IV

Impacts of professional development

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Primary science education should be an essential aspect of development of education, like reading, writing and mathematics were in the last two centuries (Lena, 2006, 2009). This view has led to new developments worldwide, based on inquiry pedagogy, for example in large EU programmes in Europe but also in China, Brazil and the United States (Lena, 2006, 2009). The results of these new approaches also led to new teacher training concepts and insights. In this section an introduction of factors with an impact on professional development is presented starting with general findings on professional development and reform movements and followed by a focus on findings of research on science and technology teacher education.

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  1. Kennisnet University, the Netherlands

    Sylvia Peters

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  1. Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

    Marc J. de Vries

  2. Utrecht University & Fontys University of Applied Science, The Netherlands

    Hanno van Kuelen

  3. Research Department, Kennisnet,public educational organization on ICT in education, The Netherlands

    Sylvia Peters

  4. University of Twente, The Netherlands

    Juliette Walma van der Molen

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Peters, S. (2011). Introduction to Part IV. In: Vries, M.J.d., Kuelen, H.v., Peters, S., Molen, J.W.v.d. (eds) Professional Development for Primary Teachers in Science and Technology. International Technology Education Studies, vol 9. SensePublishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-713-4_17

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