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| Authors: | Jean‐Jacques Dupin |
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| Institution: | Institut Universitaire de Formation des Ma?tres (IUFM) d'Aix‐Marseille , France E-mail: jj.dupin@aix-mrs.iufm.fr |
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| Abstract: | Over the past decade, Donald Schön's conceptualization of professional practice as reflection‐in‐action has gained wide currency. This paper reports on a seminar, based on Schon's ideas, to assist elementary teachers in making Science a more significant part of their instructional programmes. A detailed analysis of the efforts of two of the experienced teachers involved points to problems related to: (i) the efficacy of reflection‐on‐action in facilitating reflecting‐in‐action; (ii) disjunctions between conceptual and action components of teachers' frames; and (iii) the role of substantive teacher intervention in assisting children in learning to use non‐common‐sense ways of knowing such as Science. |
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