SERVICE LEARNING IN SCIENCE TEACHER PREPARATION PROGRAM: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES

Year 2014, Volume: 1 , 489 - 496, 01.09.2014

Prasart Nuangchalerm

Abstract

Service learning is now challenging higher education in the 21^st
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 21^st
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 21^st century science
teachers. 

Keywords

Service learning, preservice teacher, science teacher, teacher preparation

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