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Chemistry Teaching Method Course for Secondary Science Teacher Training

An Example from Turkey

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Designing and Teaching the Secondary Science Methods Course

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In Turkey, Colleges of Education train pre-service teachers (PSTs) and give a certificate to serve as a teacher in either public or private schools. In the Turkish system, teacher education has been divided into three departments, namely pre-school, elementary, and secondary teacher education. The number of semesters and the courses/credits taken may change depending on the department; in this chapter we focus only on Secondary Science Teacher Preparation Programs (SSTPP).

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  1. College of Education, Yüzüncü Yıl University, Turkey

    Sevgi Aydin-Günbatar

  2. College of Education, Bülent Ecevit University, Turkey

    Betül Demirdöğen

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  1. Western Sydney University, Australia

    Aaron J. Sickel

  2. University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA

    Stephen B. Witzig

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Aydin-Günbatar, S., Demirdöğen, B. (2017). Chemistry Teaching Method Course for Secondary Science Teacher Training. In: Sickel, A.J., Witzig, S.B. (eds) Designing and Teaching the Secondary Science Methods Course. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-881-5_8

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