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The Relationship between Epistemological Beliefs and Assessment Conceptions among Pre-Service Teachers
By Tessema G.
This study examined the relationship between pre-service teachers' epistemological views and their assessment conceptions, as well as how epistemological beliefs and their components contribute to the variation in their assessment conceptions. Utilizing a quantitative descriptive correlational research design, data were collected from 197 pre-service teachers at Fitche College of Teacher Education in Ethiopia through the Epistemological Belief Questionnaire and Assessment Conception Questionnaire. The analysis involved correlation and multiple regression techniques. The findings revealed a significant association between epistemological beliefs and assessment conceptions with a strong correlation in the 'omniscient authority' and 'simple knowledge' sub-dimensions. However, the 'quick learning' sub-dimension exhibited a weaker relationship. Furthermore, pre-service teachers showed a high level of agreement with the concepts of improvement and school accountability, whereas agreement with the irrelevance of assessment was moderate, yet students' accountability was not significantly related to their epistemological beliefs. Generally, the findings of the study uncovered a meaningful correlation between pre-service teachers' epistemological beliefs and their conceptions of assessment. This study's findings could highlight the need to incorporate progressive assessment concepts and advanced epistemological beliefs into educational programs such as teacher education to improve pre-service teachers' professional beliefs and competencies that would have cascaded effects on the school teaching-learning. © 2024 the author(s), published by De Gruyter.
The Relevance of Current Ethiopian Primary School Teacher Education Program for Pre-service Mathematics Teacher’s Knowledge and Teacher Educator’s Awareness about Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching
By Tefera A.
The major objective of this study was to examine the effect of Ethiopian pre-service primary school teacher education program to mathematics teacher’s knowledge and assess teacher educator’s awareness about Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching. The study employed quantitative and qualitative research approaches. It was also used survey and narration research design. The population of this study were all third-year pre-service teacher classes in generalist, specialist and linear modality classes in three sampled colleges of teacher education such as: Kotebe Metropolitan University, Hawassa College of teacher education and Arba Minch college of teacher education. The sampling technique used was purposive sampling. The result showed that program type has no effect on the mean scores between specialist and linear students in Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching scale. Significant difference was not observed in mean score of Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching test against gender. The findings also showed that teacher educators have no enough knowledge/awareness about the term Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching and its components. Thus, the study suggested that successive training should be organized to train teacher educators about Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching and mathematics pedagogies and recent mathematics education theories in general. © 2021 by the authors; licensee Modestum. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Upper Primary Students’ Views Vis-à-Vis Scientific Reasoning Progress Levels in Physics
By Abate T.
The purpose of this study was to explore grade eight students’ views in terms of different scientific reasoning progress levels. To explore students’ views, phenomenographic study was used. The qualitative analysis of students’ interviews elicited three major themes of students’ views about scientific reasoning progress levels: naïve, mixed, and scientific, along with the underlying ways of reasoning patterns. It was revealed that students think that scientific knowledge is static, fixed, universal, certain, and unchangeable. It is recommended that a need to consider an inquiry-based teaching in combination with the contextualized approach of nature of science in school science curriculum and classroom instruction to promote students’ scientific views on the nature of science and higher scientific reasoning abilities. © 2021 by the authors; licensee Modestum. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Parenting of schoolchildren’s television viewing in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
By Desie Y.
Although children are increasingly being exposed to television in Ethiopia, much is unknown about related parental responses. This study investigated parenting practices associated with schoolchildren’s television viewing, with a focus on parental concern and mediation strategies. Three hundred and eighty-seven parents of primary schoolchildren (grades 1 through 4; Mage = 9.6 years, SD = 1.81; age: 6 to 15 years) attending six schools in Addis Ababa, completed a validated measure of concern and mediation. Results indicated that children viewed on average 2.32 h (SD ± 1.70) of television per day, and parents reported a moderate level of concern about the negative effects of television on children. The study further showed that parents mostly used restrictive mediation over instructive and co-viewing practices. Regression analysis showed that while demographic variables, together with child and parent viewing hours, significantly predicted all three mediation practices, parental concern significantly predicted restrictive and instructive mediations but not co-viewing. As children’s television exposure has become an emerging societal concern in Ethiopia, future research is recommended for contextualized understanding and intervention. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
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