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Notes
on Section J Relating to research case studies
The main aims of this section are:
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To consider some examples of case studies and to relate these to the general
findings of the research on teachers’ transformations.
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To review their own experience and compare it with the case study material.
Notes on the activities follow:
In this activity, teachers move from simplified accounts of issues found
in the research (the ‘stories’) to looking at actual case studies. Activity
Resource 1 describes two case studies of student teachers teaching
about energy, and Briefing Sheet 10 gives
a commentary about the research findings in general arising from the STTIS
research on these case studies. This forms useful background reading related
to the questions raised in the activity.
Also in this activity, teachers consider the ‘dimensions of analysis’
used in the research on teachers’ transformations (Activity
Resource 3) and relate these to their own experience and to the case
study work. These dimensions relate to the work on all of the curriculum
innovations studied by STTIS. Briefing Sheet 12
‘Dimensions of analysis’ reproduces the information in the activity
sheet, adding examples about the energy innovations.
As in Activity J2, teachers look in this activity at case study material.
Activity Resource 2 describes a case study
of an implementation of ‘Energy and Change’, and Briefing
Sheet 11 gives a commentary about the research findings in general
arising from the STTIS research on these case studies. This forms useful
background reading related to the questions raised in the activity. Briefing
Sheet 13 also gives background information about teachers’ responses
to the ‘Energy and Change’ project.
Also in this activity, teachers consider the ‘dimensions of analysis’
used in the research on teachers’ transformations (Activity
Resource 3) and relate these to their own experience and to the case
study work. These dimensions relate to the work on all of the curriculum
innovations studied by STTIS. Briefing Sheet 12
‘Dimensions of analysis’ reproduces the information in the activity
sheet, adding examples about the energy innovations.
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