1. Akkus, O. (2010). Teachers’ Burnout Levels and Their Attitudes Towards Teaching Profession. Paper presented at EABR & ETLC Conference, Dublin, Ireland. 2. Anna Tumova (2012). Effects of Age and length of Professional Experience on teachers’ Attitudes to Curricular reform. Central European Journal of Public Policy 6(2), 84–99. 3. Bandura, A. (1997). Self-Efficacy the Exercise of Control. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman. 4. Beran, J.; Mares, J.; Jezek, S. (2007). Teachers’ reserved attitudes to further education as a risk factor of the curricular reform Orbis scholae, 2(1) ,111–131. 5. Berns, R. G., & Erickson, P. M. (2001). Contextual Teaching and Learning: Preparing Students for the New Economy. The Ohio State University, OH: National Dissemination Center for Career and Technical Education. 6. Blanchard, M. R., Southerland, S. A., Osborne, J. W., Sampson, V. D., Annetta, L.A., & Granger, E. M. (2010). Is inquiry possible in light of accountability?: A quantitative comparison of the relative effectiveness of guided inquiry and verification laboratory instruction. Science Education, 94(4), 577-616. 7. Brickhouse, N. W. (1990). Teachers’ beliefs about the nature of science and their relationship to classroom practice. Journal of Teacher Education, 41, 53-62. 8. Brown, S., & Melear, C. (2006). Investigation of secondary science teachers’ beliefs and practices after authentic inquiry-based experiences. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 43 (9), 938–962. 9. Celikoz, N. & Cetin, F. (2004). Anatohan teacher high school students’ attitude about the factors affecting the teaching profession. National Education Journal, 162, 234 – 241. 10. Curriculum Development Centre (2006). Huraian sukatan pelajaran Sains KBSM. Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia. 11. Cohen, L., & Holliday, M. (1982). Statistics for Social Scientists. London: Harper & Row. Davis, E. A., Smithey, J., & Petish, D. (2004). Designing an online learning environment for new elementary science teachers. In Y. B. Kafai, N. Enyedy, A. S. Nixon, & F. Herrera (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2004. Mahway, NJ: Erlbaum. 12. Duatepe, A., & Oylum, A. (2004). The attitudes towards teaching professions of in-service and pre-service primary school teachers. Hacettepe University. 13. Adu E.O & Olatundun, S. O.(2007) Teachers’ Perception of Teaching as Correlates of Students’ Academic Performance in Oyo State, Nigeria: University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 14. Evans, J. S. B. T. (2008). Dual-processing accounts of reasoning, judgment, and social cognition. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 255–278, 15. Fang, Z. (1996). A review of research on teacher beliefs and practices. Educational Research, 38(1), 47-64. 16. Feldon, D. F. (2007). Cognitive load and classroom teaching: The double- edged sword of automaticity. Educational Psychologist, 42, 123–137. 17. Fishbein, M.& Ajzen,I.(1975). Belief, Attitude, Intention and Behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research. MA: Addison-Wes. 18. Fischer, H. E., Klemm, K., Leutner, D., Sumfleth, E., Tiemann, R., & Wirth, J. (2005). Framework for empirical research on science teaching and learning. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 16, 309-349. 19. Gregoire, M. (2003). Is it a challenge or a threat? A dual-process model of teachers’ cognition and appraisal processes during conceptual change. Educational Psychology Review, 15, 147–179. . doi: 10.1023/A:1023477131081. 20. Hancock, E. & Gallard, A. (2004). Pre-service science teachers’ beliefs about teaching and learning: The influence of K-12 filed experiences. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 15(4): 281-291. 21. Hashimah Mohd Yunus, Zurida Ismail And Raper, G. (2004). Malaysian Primary Teachers’ Classroom Practice of Teaching and Learning. Journal of Science and Mathematics Education in Southeast Asia. 27 (1), 116-203. 22. Huong Pham. (2011) Theory-Based Instructional Models Applied in Classroom Contexts Argosy University, San Francisco Bay Area, USA:Literacy Information and Computer Education Journal (LICEJ), 2,(2) . 23. Iqbal, H. M, Azam, S., & Rana, R.A. (2009). Secondary school science teachers views about the nature of science. Bulletin of Education and Research, 31(2); 29-44. 24. Karp, K. S. (1991). Elementary school teachers’ attitudes toward mathematics: The impact on students’ autonomous learning skills. School Science and Mathematics, 91(1), 265-270. 25. Keys, P. (2007). A knowledge filter model for observing and facilitating change in eachers’ beliefs. Journal of Educational Change, 8,41-60. 26. Landell, K. (1997). Management by menu. London : Wiley And Sons Inc. 27. Laplante, B. (1997). Teachers’ beliefs and instructional strategies in science: Pushing analysis further. Science Education, 81, 277-294. 28. Lazarova, B.; Juva, V. (2009). Relationships between Generations of Teachers: Views from the Opposite Stages of the Career. E-Pedagogium 3, 74–90. 29. Lederman, N. G., Lederman, J. S., Kim, B. S., & Ko, E. K. (2012). Teaching and learning of nature of science and scientific inquiry. In M. S. Khine (Ed.), Advances in nature of science research. Dordrecht: Springer. 30. Levitt, K. (2002). An Analysis of Elementary Teachers’ Beliefs Regarding the Teaching and Learning of Science. Science Education, 86,1-22. 31. Muhammad Nur-E-Alam & Ikeda, H. (2013). Science teachers’ beliefs on teaching and learning at secondary schools in Bangladesh, GSE e-Journal of Education, 9(22). 32. Niehaus, B., & Vogt, H. (2005). Dimensions to describe different types of biology teaching based on their attitudes. Journal for Teaching Methods of Natural Sciences, 11, 73-84. 33. Nuangchalerm, P. (2010). Engaging students to perceive nature of science through socioscientific issues-based instruction. European Journal of Social Sciences, 13(1), 34-37. 34. OECD (2009). Creating Effective Teaching and Learning Environments: First Results from Talis. OECD publications. 35. Pajares, M. F. (1992). Teachers’ Beliefs and Educational Research: Cleaning up a Messy Construct.Review of Educational Research, 62(3). 307-333. 36. Perry R. Hinton, Brownlow, C., McMurray, I., & Cozens, B. (2004). SPSS Explained. London: Routledge. 37. Poulson, L., Avramidis, E., Fox, R., Medwell, J., & Wary, D. (2001). The theoretical orientation of primary school literacy teachers: an exploratory study, Research Papers in Education, 16, (3), 271-292. 38. Ramsey, V. J. & Fitzgibbons, D.E. (2005). Being in the classroom. Journal of Management Education, 29(2), 333-356. 39. Remke, K. & Moseley, C. (2002). The effects of teacher education on elementary and secondary pre service teachers’ belief about integration: A Longitudinal study. Action in Teacher Education 24, 31 – 39. 40. Roehrig, G.H., Kruse, R.A., & Kern, A. (2007). Teacher and school characteristics and their influence on curriculum implementation. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44(7), 883-907. 41. Sarikaya, H., Cakiroglu, J., & Tekkaya, C. (2005). Self-efficacy, attitude and science knowledge. Academic Exchange Quarterly, 9(4), 38-42. 42. Skamp, K. (2007). conceptual learning in the primary and middle years: The interplay of heads, hearts and hands-on science. Teaching Science, 53(3),18-22. 43. Tytler, R. (2012). Socio-scientific issues, sustainability and science education. Research in Science Education, 42, 155-163. doi:10.1007/s11165-011-9262-1. 44. Wallace, C. S. & Kang, N. (2005). An investigation of experienced secondary science teachers’ beliefs about inquiry: an explanation of competing belief sets. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 41(9), 936-960. 45. Wilkins, J. (2004). Mathematics and science self-concept: An international investigation. The Journal of Experimental Education, 72(4), 331-346. 46. Woolley, Sandra L., Benjamin, Woan-Jue J & Woolley, Anita W. (2004). Construct Validity of a self-reported Measure of Teacher Beliefs Related to Constructivist and Traditional Approaches to Teaching and Learning. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 64 (2), 319-331. 47. Van Aalderen-Smeets, S. I., Walma Van der Molen, J. H., & Asma, L. J. F. (2012). Primary teachers’ attitudes toward science: A new theoretical framework. Science Education, 96(1), 158–182. 48. Zafer,U., Aslihan, U. (2012). The impact of years of teaching experience on the classroom management approaches of elementary school teachers. International Journal of Instruction, 5(2).