Prospective physical sciences teachers' willingness to engage in learning communities

• Autor(es): Leite, Laurinda
• Data: 2006
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/19918
• Origem: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): Universidade do Minho

Descrição

Teachers' professional development is a lifelong learning process that should start with teaching practice, is best developed from experience and can be promoted by socio-professional interactions. Thus, a learning community of teachers might be a valuable environment for continuing professional development. This paper reports research carried out with 46 prospective physical sciences teachers about to graduate from a Portuguese university. The study aims at investigating their willingness to engage in learning communities. The majority of the participants stated that they would like to engage in a learning community. Therefore, actions must be taken in order to foster learning communities, including newly formed teachers.

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