@article {1158, title = {PRE-SERVICE CHEMISTRY TEACHERS{\textquoteright} PROFESSIONAL VISION DEVELOPMENT: THE EFFECT OF LESSON-OBSERVATION PRACTICE }, journal = {Journal of Baltic Science Education}, volume = {21}, year = {2022}, month = {February/2022}, pages = {Continuous}, type = {Original article}, chapter = {52-68}, abstract = {Ability to adequately analyze educational situations is essential not only for (pre-service) teachers{\textquoteright} occupational decisions, but also for their own professional development. This study represents an evaluation of the observation practice aimed at pre-service chemistry teachers{\textquoteright} (N = 12) professional vision development. They attended chemistry classes in schools, discussed them in a group and independently wrote their reflections. The effect on the professional vision was evaluated using a self-efficacy questionnaire, lesson reflections analyses and semi-structured interviews. The results showed that pre-service teachers significantly overestimated their ability to reflect on lessons, struggled with lesson analyses, failed to describe and analyze chemistry-specific content in contrast with their significant improvement in describing student-teacher interaction and teacher{\textquoteright}s activity {\textendash} all with medium to large effect. Although observation practice deepened their ability to notice, pre-service teachers did not change attention to individual lesson{\textquoteright}s aspects. Lesson observation therefore seems to be a suitable means of professional vision development from the richness of observed phenomena{\textquoteright}s point of view, as well as students{\textquoteright} self-efficacy improvement, however more research in several aspects is needed to further inform (pre-service) teacher training practice.}, keywords = {ability to notice, learning situations reflection, pre-service chemistry teacher, professional vision, teacher self-efficacy}, issn = {1648-3898}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.33225/jbse/22.21.52}, url = {https://oaji.net/articles/2022/987-1647117698.pdf}, author = {Linda Honskusov{\'a} and Karel Voj{\'\i}{\v r} and Martin Rusek} }