Thomas Klijnstra , Gerhard L. Stoel , Geerte M. Savenije , Carla A.M. van Boxtel
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This exploratory study investigates how the use of subject-specific educative curriculum materials in a professional development program contributes to the professional growth of Dutch social science teachers in teaching social scientific reasoning. Teachers' professional growth (N = 10) was examined using pre- and post-interviews and questionnaires. The analysis focused on changes in teachers' knowledge, beliefs, and instructional practice. The results indicate that teachers developed a deeper understanding of the complexity, difficulty, and subject-specific nature of social scientific reasoning. The subject-specific educative curriculum materials served as a catalyst for teachers’ professional growth in teaching social scientific reasoning.
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Teaching and Teacher Education is an international journal concerned primarily with teachers, teaching, and/or teacher education situated in an international perspective and context. The journal focuses on early childhood through high school (secondary education), teacher preparation, along with higher education concerning teacher professional development and/or teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education is a multidisciplinary journal committed to no single approach, discipline, methodology, or paradigm. The journal welcomes varied approaches (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods) to empirical research; also publishing high quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Manuscripts should enhance, build upon, and/or extend the boundaries of theory, research, and/or practice in teaching and teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education does not publish unsolicited Book Reviews.