In this paper we explore the views and opinions of four secondary education science teachers regarding the teaching of scientific competences. Their views were gathered in the context of a training programme in which they had to design, implement, and assess their own teaching unit for developing students’ scientific competences by means of context-based learning. Analysis of the data yielded a set of 14 categories distributed across 5 areas: scientific competence and context-based teaching; the teacher and his/her professional environment; implementation in the classroom; development of the teaching unit; and assessment. This process also identified the aspects which teachers believed either facilitated or acted as an obstacle to the development of scientific competences through context-based teaching. We discuss the implications of our findings and suggest ways in which a shift towards a context-based approach to teaching scientific competences can best be achieved, and consider a series of factors related to teachers’ professional identity that may influence this process.

This study analyses the teachers' perceptions of their capacity for designing and developing STE(A)M projects in a professional development programme (PD) conducted through a collaborative educational research project carried out between the University and the centres by the IndagaSTEAM Escuela project. Incorporating STEAM education in the classroom poses various challenges to teachers, among other aspects, associated with conceptualising, designing and applying the curricular integration of STE(A)M subjects, requiring training programs updates for this purpose. Hence, the design developed promotes applying an inquiry-based approach and adapting the integrative STE(A)M curriculum in the Primary Education classroom. Challenges and opportunities of the teachers' involvement have been analysed as a case study undertaken longitudinally between 2019 and 2022. Data have been compiled from a varied typology (rubrics evaluation, ad hoc interviews and questionnaires, using the Likert scale), which give an account of the global perception these educators have, on the one hand, of STE(A)M education and the inquiry approach and, on the other hand, of the collaborative learning scenario from the framework used. Keywords: active learning, primary school teacher, teaching fundamental sciences, teacher skills

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the impact of a one-semester training program on the teaching profile of five pre-service secondary science teachers, following a case study that allows us to focus closely on their perceptions related to inquiry-based science education (IBSE). Through a mixed-methods analysis of a variety of qualitative and quantitative research instruments, we aim to identify the changes in the pre-service teachers’ IBSE educational achievements in terms of their capability to effectively design inquiry activities, as well as in the perceptions affecting their teaching practice concerning emotions and self-efficacy. After a general overview of the results, we provide a specific vision for each participant, and present the conclusions regarding the acceptable level developed in both inquiry learning and teaching. Finally, we analyze the possible links between all the factors considered (perceptions, emotions, and design performance) and put forward several suggestions for professional development programs.

In a case study on students on the Master ' s Degree in Secondary Education in the speciality of Physics and Chemistry, is investigated the functionality of an e-rubric during the performance of their external practices. The effectiveness of this tool is examined from a double approach: as a regulator of learning and also as an evaluation tool for the training process. For this reason, the qualifications achieved on the professional competences are analysed: Planification; Teaching and Evaluation; Innovation and reflection on the practice and Integration in the school and cooperative work, all of which have been evaluated by every participant involved (the student and his/her tutors, both professional and academic). Didactic aspects which are considered by the students to be of relevant importance for their training are also identified among the metaknowledge of the curriculum, categorising them as facilitators or obstructionists. These factors have been associated to six areas of interest in the educational context where the students initiate their professional development: Personality and Teacher Motivation, Professional Environment, Elaboration of Teaching Proposals, Classroom Implementation, Training Evaluation or Educational System. Finally, relations between these areas and their contribution to formative self-regulation are established from teaching intervention strategies using the e-rubric, taking into consideration its usefulness on university science education of teachers in training.

La formación continua de los formadores es necesaria para la mejora escolar. Con el objetivo de perfeccionar sus procedimientos, el equipo asesor del Centro del Profesorado de Málaga desarrolló una formación en torno a la práctica reflexiva, trabajando directamente con el profesorado en la planificación, seguimiento y evaluación de diversas acciones formativas, recogiendo este trabajo una descripción detallada del proceso y un análisis de los resultados en torno a dos aspectos: para nuestro profesorado, de cara a futuras actuaciones y respecto al propio Equipo Asesor.Del estudio realizado valoramos que, a pesar de algunas de las dificultades reflejadas en este artículo, se ha tratado de una experiencia sumamente enriquecedora tanto para asesorías como para profesorado participante. Asimismo, consideramos que la práctica reflexiva es una metodología que precisa de una formación en profundidad para poder aplicarse con verdadera eficacia.