Exploring Preservice Physics Teachers' Content Knowledge

Authors

  • Khajornsak Buaraphan The Program to Prepare Research and Development Personnel for Science Education, Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Penchantr Singh Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.
  • Vantipa Roadrangka Department of Education, Faculty of Education, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand.

Keywords:

content knowledge, preservice physics teachers, scientific concept, alternative concept

Abstract

To explore the preservice physics teachers' physics concepts and categorize those concepts with respect to scientific concepts, thirty three preservice physics teachers from seven teacher colleges all over Thailand were asked to complete the Physics Concept Test (PCT). The test is consisted of the following main areas: mechanics, wave, electric and magnetic fields, thermodynamics, electromagnetic wave, and atomic physics and physics nuclear. The results revealed that the preservice physics teachers' concepts varied from scientific concepts, alternative concepts, to incorrect concepts. From this, most of the preservice physics teachers had alternative conceptions on all main areas.

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Published

01-06-2004

How to Cite

Buaraphan, K., Singh, P., & Roadrangka, V. (2004). Exploring Preservice Physics Teachers’ Content Knowledge. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 25(2), 150–165. Retrieved from https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/kjss/article/view/243349

Issue

Vol. 25 No. 2 (2004): June - December

Section

Research articles

License

This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/