Cypriot physics teachers' use of physics textbooks in their teaching.

Autor/inn/en	Philippou, Demetrios; Dimopoulos, Kostas
Titel	Cypriot physics teachers' use of physics textbooks in their teaching.
Quelle	Aus: Bagoly-Simó, Péter (Hrsg.); Sikorová, Zuzana (Hrsg.): Textbooks and educational media: perspectives from subject education. Proceedings of the 13th IARTEM conference 2015, Berlin. Cham: Springer (2021) S. 269-278Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Sammelwerksbeitrag
ISBN	978-3-030-80345-2
Schlagwörter	Lehrer; Lehrerfortbildung; Physikunterricht; Schulbuch; Zypern; Lehren; Sekundarbereich; Lehrer; Lehrerfortbildung; Lehren; Schulbuch; Physikunterricht; Zypern
Abstract	This chapter aims at exploring the extent and the ways Cypriot secondary physics teachers use textbooks while teaching their classes. It further investigates potential correlations of textbook use with factors related to teachers' pedagogical views concerning teaching and learning as well as with critical personal and professional characteristics. Quantitative methods served to answer the research question. A questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 120 Cypriot physics teachers. The results showed that, in general, Cypriot physics teachers are independent from the textbook in their everyday teaching. Regarding the ways the textbook is used, it was found that Cypriot teachers use it as a source of test items for student assessment, as a reference material for studying at home or as a source of examples and visual material for demonstration in the classroom. Moreover, it was found that teachers who adopt more traditional pedagogical views, have less teaching experience, and have attended no postgraduate courses tend to be more dependent on the physics textbooks for planning and conducting their everyday teaching.
Erfasst von	Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsmedien \| Georg-Eckert-Institut (GEI), Braunschweig
Update	2023/1