Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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The Inquiry-type Chemistry Laboratory
in Israel (ICL)
Uniqueness
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Students inquiry skills
Conducting pre-inquiry experiment
Making observations
Raising questions
Choosing one research question
Constructing a relevant hypothesis
Designing an appropriate inquiry experiment
Making and organizing observations
Analyzing and summarizing the inquiry experiment
Presenting the results to the whole class
Raising more advanced questions 4
What do we mean by accomplished teaching in
the Inquiry Chemistry Laboratory (ICL)?
Klenowski, 2002
The portfolio used for CPD purposes can include materials
and samples of work that provide evidence for critical examination
of teaching and learning practices.
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Yamagata-Lynch, 2001
In this community of practice the teachers supported each other,
shared their knowledge, gave feedback to each other regarding
evidence or a vignette of video, etc., and reflected on their practice.
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The Evidence-based CPD Model for
Chemistry Teachers
Classroom-laboratory Workshop
observations
Research question
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Research population
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Research tools
Several qualitative research tools
Classroom-laboratory observations
Three teachers were observed and videotaped during 2-3
inquiry-type activities each year
Interviews
Semi-structured in-depth interviews with each teacher immediately
after each observation
Teacher portfolio
Each teacher was asked to build a portfolio concerning the
whole year
Documentation of the workshops
All the workshops meetings were documented using 13
videotape/audiotape
Data analysis
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Data analysis
Group work
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Data analysis
Inquiry questions
At the beginning
Difficulties that the teachers mentioned
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Evidence-based Portfolio
Dorit Taitelbaum
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Thank you!
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