Research on a curriculum development for science teacher training to foster practical teaching competence at under and post graduate courses

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In this research the aim is to investigate a science teacher training curriculum which enhances to foster practical teaching competence and scientific literacy. We investigated and analysed secondary science teacher training systems and secondary school science curricula in western countries, and also we surveyed undergraduate course Japanese students' scientific literacy and consciousness on teaching profession and teaching practice. We have found out that in some western countries secondary science teacher training curricula have been required and managed in both under and post graduate courses by the national standards for teaching profession, and those curricula involve a long term teaching practice to foster practical teaching competence at real schools which have a good connection with universities. Some secondary school science curricula in western countries which aim to develop scientific literacy have based on new criteria of selecting contents and employed new approaches. And we think that developing new subject knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge are important for Japanese university students.