The nature of the academic preparation in science of Wisconsin high school teachers of physics, chemistry, biology, and general science

Pella, Milton O.

doi:10.1002/sce.3730420204

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“…This topic is quite broad, and seems to cover discussions of how science teaching should respond to new developments in educational technology such as film (Blanc, 1953; Bullington, 1948), advances in more specialized science teacher preparation (Brown, 1948), and discussions of the purpose of science education within the wider educational landscape (Davis, 1924; Meister, 1948). We also see an early emphasis on assessments and standards for teacher training (Topic 7), often in the form of descriptions of science teacher preparation from programs and schools across the United States (e.g., Pella, 1958; Watson, 1941). After 1970, these two topics see a major downturn, while Topics 9–12 (Inquiry‐based curriculum reform; Science–Technology–Society, Socioscientific and Cultural Issues; History and Philosophy of Science; and Teacher professional development) emerge and remain prevalent through the present day.…”

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How has Science Education changed over the last 100 years? An analysis using natural language processing

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For well over a century, the journal Science Education has been publishing articles about the teaching and learning of science. These articles represent more than just a repository of past work: they have the potential to offer insights into both the history of science education as well as well as the dynamics of field‐specific change. It can be difficult, however, for educators, researchers, reformers, and policymakers to grasp the nuances of over 100 years of scholarship given the overwhelming amount of textual material. To address this problem, we have used latent Dirichlet allocation, an automated machine‐learning algorithm from the field of natural language processing, to perform an automated literature review and classification of the corpus of work in Science Education. Using this technique, we have classified research in the journal into 21 distinct topics, falling into three thematic groups: science content topics, teaching‐focused topics, and student‐focused topics. We have also quantified the rise and fall of these topics and groups over time, and used them to begin to extract insight into the development of the field, including the effects of national policy changes on topics of interest to the research community, the interrelationships between different research topics, and the effects of intellectual cross‐pollination. Based on this analysis, we argue that this technique shows great promise for even larger‐scale analyses of educational literature and other textual data.

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“…A comprehensive survey of the academic preparation of science teachers was made by Pella (1958), who obtained the names of science teachers from state departments of education records, secured their college transcripts, tabulated data to show whether or not the teachers were part-time or full-time science teachers, categorized schools according to 12 sizes, and reported on areas of teacher preparation in physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, health, and mathematics.…”

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The Methodology of Educational Research in Science and Mathematics

Lucow¹,

Anderson²

1961

Review of Educational Research

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“…Only 29 of the 2222 had not earned the equivalent of a bachelor's degree. Pella (1958) analyzed Wisconsin Department of Education data on the academic training of 258 physics teachers, 367 biology teachers, 261 chemistry teachers, and 407 general-science teachers. The categories were not mutually exclusive; for instance, a physics teacher might also be in cluded as a general-science teacher.…”

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Chapter V: The Academic and Professional Preparation of Teachers of Science

Smith¹,

Homman²

1961

Review of Educational Research

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The nature of the academic preparation in science of Wisconsin high school teachers of physics, chemistry, biology, and general science

Cited by 13 publications

References 4 publications

How has Science Education changed over the last 100 years? An analysis using natural language processing

How has Science Education changed over the last 100 years? An analysis using natural language processing

The Methodology of Educational Research in Science and Mathematics

Chapter V: The Academic and Professional Preparation of Teachers of Science

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