• Rakesh Kumar
• Himani Sharma
• Karishma Sharma

Science education has faced many challenges in the past. One of those challenges is connecting it with the life, especially the life outside the classroom. The strength of the life outside the classroom lies mainly in the form of this being inclined more towards the informal environments. In the present study the teachers have planned their classroom proceedings in a framework that allows for strengths of informal environments to be used in formal classroom settings. The study focuses on preservice teacher’s natural dispositions towards “Tested Pre-concepts of the Learners” in terms of Qualification Level of the Teacher, Teacher’s Area of Expertise and Classes Taught by the Teacher. In the study related graphs have been drawn and interpreted. Related ‘Statistical Descriptives’ have also been interpreted. In conclusion, the study did not find any significant difference in pre-service teachers’ natural dispositions towards “Tested Pre-concepts of the Learners” in terms of Qualification Level of the Teacher and Teacher’s Area of Expertise. Whereas a difference in pre-service teachers’ response to “Tested Pre-concepts of the Learners” in terms of Classes Taught by the Teacher has been located. Also, the study finds that the strength of association between Tested Pre-concepts of the Learners and Class Taught by the Teacher is large. Further, the study hints that the teachers teaching at the lower level are testing the pre-concepts of science learners more than their counterparts at higher levels of schooling in the selected schools.

Innovative Science Planning, learning strands, Science classrooms, Pre-service teacher education, Qualification Level of the Teacher, Teacher’s Area of Expertise, Classes Taught, Informal environments in science, Testing Pre-concepts

"Looking for Factors Affecting Testing Pre-concepts in Informal Science Learning Environments ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.1-20, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807A01.pdf

"Looking for Factors Affecting Testing Pre-concepts in Informal Science Learning Environments ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp1-20, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1807A01.pdf