SERVICE LEARNING IN SCIENCE TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES

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  • Prasart NUANGCHALERM

Keywords:

Service learning, preservice teacher, science teacher, teacher preparation

Abstract

Service learning is now challenging higher education in the 21st century. The concepts of service learning influenced to science teachers preparation program in terms of outcome-based education. The purpose of this paper aims to represent concepts relevant to service learning in science teacher preparation program and also practices of how service learning meet the 21st century skills. Documentary analysis and empirical study are employed for qualitative explanation. Finding revealed that service learning is an important instructional strategy in science teacher preparation program and it needs to be incorporated into curriculum for developing 21st century science teachers. 
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2014-09-01

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NUANGCHALERM, P. (2014). SERVICE LEARNING IN SCIENCE TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES. The Eurasia Proceedings of Educational and Social Sciences, 1, 489–496. Retrieved from https://epess.net/index.php/epess/article/view/80

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Vol. 1 (2014)

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