Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, Volume 4, Issue 2, Article 11 (Dec., 2003) Benny Hin Wai YUNG, Siu Ling WONG and Man Wai CHENG A curriculum innovation: Focusing on student teachers' developing conceptions of good science teaching Contents Next

A curriculum innovation:
Focusing on student teachers' developing conceptions of good science teaching

Benny Hin Wai YUNG, Siu Ling WONG and Man Wai CHENG

Faculty of Education
The University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong, China

E-mail: hwyung@hkucc.hku.hk

Received 29 Oct., 2003
Revised 1 Dec., 2003

Contents

• Introduction
• Why this curriculum innovation?
• Theoretical considerations underpinning our project design
• What is our plan and what have we achieved so far?
• What we are hoping for?
• References

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Introduction

This article describes a curriculum innovation which is being carried out by science educators at The University of Hong Kong in form of an action research. Using a sample of video data on exemplary science teaching collected in an earlier project¹ funded by HKSAR Government's Quality Education Fund, this curriculum innovation aims to elicit data from our student teachers regarding their conceptions of 'good' science teaching. It aims at investigating prospective teachers' conceptions of 'good' teaching from a developmental perspective and the factors that have been shaping their conceptions over time.

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¹Teaching shown in the videos was perceived as exemplary by the participants of the project. They included science educators, curriculum planners and practicing science teachers with diverse backgrounds.

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