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Professor Vanessa Kind's Outputs (47)

Dialogic Teaching Approach vis-à-vis Middle School Physics Teacher’s Content Knowledge (2021)
Journal Article
Leta, D. T., Ayele, M. A., & Kind, V. (2021). Dialogic Teaching Approach vis-à-vis Middle School Physics Teacher’s Content Knowledge. Eurasia journal of mathematics science and technology education, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/9613

This study aimed to explore Ethiopian middle school physics teachers’ content knowledge (CK) and their implementation of Dialogic teaching (DT). A qualitative method, case study design, and purposive and convenient sampling employed in the study. Dat... Read More about Dialogic Teaching Approach vis-à-vis Middle School Physics Teacher’s Content Knowledge.

The knowledge gap between intended and attained curriculum in Ethiopian teacher education: identifying challenges for future development (2019)
Journal Article
Alemu, M., Kind, V., Tadesse, M., Michael, K., Kind, P., & Rajab, T. (2021). The knowledge gap between intended and attained curriculum in Ethiopian teacher education: identifying challenges for future development. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 51(1), 81-98. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2019.1593107

This investigation of physics teacher education in Ethiopia reveals a significant gap between the physics knowledge of pre-service teachers (PSTs) attained during training and that of the intended curriculum setting out expectations for their knowled... Read More about The knowledge gap between intended and attained curriculum in Ethiopian teacher education: identifying challenges for future development.

Resolving the amalgam: connecting pedagogical content knowledge, content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge (2019)
Journal Article
Kind, V., & Chan, K. (2019). Resolving the amalgam: connecting pedagogical content knowledge, content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge. International Journal of Science Education, 41(7), 964-978. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2019.1584931

This paper concludes the Special Issue (SI) ‘Probing the Amalgam: the relationship between science teachers’ content, pedagogical and pedagogical content knowledge’. We review the five papers (Sorge et al; Gess-Newsome et al; Kind; Pitjeng-Mosabala a... Read More about Resolving the amalgam: connecting pedagogical content knowledge, content knowledge and pedagogical knowledge.

Monitoring practical science in schools and colleges (2019)
Report
Cramman, H., Kind, V., Lyth, A., Gray, H., Younger, K., Gemar, A., …Kind, P. (2019). Monitoring practical science in schools and colleges. [No known commissioning body]

This report presents data relating to practical work in science provision in schools1 collected over three years in England and Scotland from 2015 - 2017. This study adopts the SCORE (2013) definition of practical work, namely: “A learning activity i... Read More about Monitoring practical science in schools and colleges.

The development of chemical language usage by “non-traditional” students: the interlanguage analogy (2018)
Journal Article
Rees, S., Kind, V., & Newton, D. (2018). The development of chemical language usage by “non-traditional” students: the interlanguage analogy. Research in Science Education, 51(2), 419-438. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-018-9801-0

Students commonly find specialist scientific language problematic. This study investigated developments in chemical language usage by six non-traditional students over the course of 1 to 4 years. The students participated in semi-structured interview... Read More about The development of chemical language usage by “non-traditional” students: the interlanguage analogy.

Science Education Trajectories: Charting the Course for Teachers, Educators, Researchers, and Policymakers (2018)
Journal Article
Luft, J., Whitworth, B., Berry, A., Navy, S., & Kind, V. (2019). Science Education Trajectories: Charting the Course for Teachers, Educators, Researchers, and Policymakers. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 30(1), 63-79. https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560x.2018.1535226

Science teacher professional development is complex. Phases in a teacher’s career necessitate different professional learning opportunities. Furthermore, knowledge bases, practices, and attributes need to be cultivated during these times. For science... Read More about Science Education Trajectories: Charting the Course for Teachers, Educators, Researchers, and Policymakers.

Meeting the Challenge of Chemical Language Barriers in University Level Chemistry Education (2018)
Journal Article
Rees, S., Kind, V., & Newton, D. (2019). Meeting the Challenge of Chemical Language Barriers in University Level Chemistry Education. Israel Journal of Chemistry, 59(6-7), 470-477. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijch.201800079

The specific yet varied challenges chemical language presents to students learning the subject are widely recognised. However, to effectively engage a student population becoming increasingly diverse in terms of culture, language and prior knowledge... Read More about Meeting the Challenge of Chemical Language Barriers in University Level Chemistry Education.

Probing the amalgam: the relationship between science teachers’ content, pedagogical and pedagogical content knowledge (2018)
Journal Article
Neumann, K., Kind, V., & Harms, U. (2019). Probing the amalgam: the relationship between science teachers’ content, pedagogical and pedagogical content knowledge. International Journal of Science Education, 41(7), 847-861. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2018.1497217

This Special Issue aims to present evidence about the relationships between content knowledge (CK), pedagogical knowledge (PK) and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK); the development of these types of knowledge in novice and experienced secondary sc... Read More about Probing the amalgam: the relationship between science teachers’ content, pedagogical and pedagogical content knowledge.

Can language focussed activities improve understanding of chemical language in non-traditional students? (2018)
Journal Article
Rees, S., Kind, V., & Newton, D. (2018). Can language focussed activities improve understanding of chemical language in non-traditional students?. Chemistry education research and practice, 19(3), 755-766. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8rp00070k

Students commonly find the language of chemistry challenging and a barrier to developing understanding. This study investigated developments in chemical language understanding by a group of non-traditional students over the duration of a one year pre... Read More about Can language focussed activities improve understanding of chemical language in non-traditional students?.

Using a Moot to Develop Students’ Understanding of Human Cloning and Statutory Interpretation (2017)
Journal Article
Pattinson, S. D., & Kind, V. (2017). Using a Moot to Develop Students’ Understanding of Human Cloning and Statutory Interpretation. Medical Law International, 17(3), 111-133. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968533217726350

This article reports and analyses the method and findings from a 3-year interdisciplinary project investigating how the medium of law can support understanding of socio-scientific issues. Law represents one of the most important means by which societ... Read More about Using a Moot to Develop Students’ Understanding of Human Cloning and Statutory Interpretation.

Development of evidence-based, student-learning-oriented rubrics for pre-service science teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (2017)
Journal Article
Kind, V. (2017). Development of evidence-based, student-learning-oriented rubrics for pre-service science teachers' pedagogical content knowledge. International Journal of Science Education, 41(7), 911-943. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2017.1311049

This paper offers pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) rubrics, that is, guides providing criteria for grading that are potentially applicable to a range of science topics and levels of teacher experience. Grading criteria applied in the rubrics are b... Read More about Development of evidence-based, student-learning-oriented rubrics for pre-service science teachers' pedagogical content knowledge.

Preservice Science Teachers' Science Teaching orientations and Beliefs about Science (2015)
Journal Article
Kind, V. (2016). Preservice Science Teachers' Science Teaching orientations and Beliefs about Science. Science Education, 100(1), 122-152. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21194

This paper offers clarification of science teacher orientations as a potential component of pedagogical content knowledge. Science teaching orientations and beliefs about science held by 237 preservice science teachers were gathered via content-speci... Read More about Preservice Science Teachers' Science Teaching orientations and Beliefs about Science.

On the beauty of knowing then not knowing: Pinning down the elusive qualities of PCK (2015)
Book Chapter
Kind, V. (2015). On the beauty of knowing then not knowing: Pinning down the elusive qualities of PCK. In A. Berry, P. Friedrichsen, & J. Loughran (Eds.), Re-examining Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Education (178-196). Routledge

This chapter critiques a range of models for pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) presented in extant literature, comparing these with those proposed by international researchers attending a “Summit” meeting on the topic held in October 2012. The anal... Read More about On the beauty of knowing then not knowing: Pinning down the elusive qualities of PCK.

Science teachers’ content knowledge. (2014)
Book Chapter
Kind, V. (2014). Science teachers’ content knowledge. In H. Venkat, M. Rollnick, J. Loughran, & M. Askew (Eds.), Exploring Mathematics and Science teachers’ Knowledge: Windows into teacher thinking (15-28). Routledge