Ms. Ivy P. Mejia of the Earth Science Workgroup
presented her research paper during the 6th World
Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES) held
at the Grand Hotel Excelsior Convention Center, Valleta,
Malta on 6-9 February 2014.
The title of her paper was Developing Pre-Service
Teacher’s Constructivist-Oriented Scientific Epistemological
View Through Metacognitive Group Discourse. She shared
the effectiveness of metacognitive group discourse to
preservice teachers’ development of understanding of the
nature of science (NOS). She strongly suggested participation
in a support group where members purposively check and
monitor each others’ understanding of NOS. The process,
which she termed as Metacognitive Group Discourse, brought
desirable changes in her research respondents.
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| Ms. Mejia presenting her paper during the 6th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES) 2014. |
The keynote speaker was Dr. Meral Aksu, a professor at
the Middle East Technical University (Turkey), who described
the qualities of an effective approach in developing a qualified
professional. High-quality scientific papers were presented in parallel sessions with topics covering pre-school education
to higher education, as well as topics about psychology of
learning, instructional design, technology-based learning,
and professional development. Aside from the keynote
address, there were two plenary sessions, 563 papers, and
20 posters.
On the last day of the conference, a free Malta Island
wide tour was conducted. This one-day tour gave delegates
a glimpse of Maltese culture.
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