Pre-service Teachers’ Views of Inquiry
Teaching and Their Responses to Teacher
Educators’ Feedback on Teaching Practice
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Chuncheon National University of Education, SOUTH KOREA
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University of Victoria, CANADA
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Roosevelt University, USA
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Gongju National University of Education, SOUTH KOREA
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Chosun University, SOUTH KOREA
Publication date: 2013-12-14
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2013;9(4):347-359
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This study attempted to explore 15 Korean elementary pre-service teachers’ views of
inquiry teaching. During a science teaching methods course, pre-service teachers
implemented a peer teaching lesson, had a group discussion to reflect on five teacher
educators’ comments on their first peer teaching practice, and revised and re-taught the
lesson as a second peer teaching practice. The results indicate that pre-service teachers
changed their views of inquiry teaching from following the process of inquiry or a
completely unstructured discovery approach to facilitating students’ inquiry learning with
instructional guidance. The importance of reflective group discussion and re-teaching a
lesson is discussed.