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Direct linkAkerson, Valarie L.; Weiland, Ingrid; Rogers, Meredith Park; Pongsanon, Khemmawaddee; Bilican, Kader – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
We explored adaptations to an elementary science methods course to determine how varied contexts could improve elementary preservice teachers' conceptions of NOS as well as their ideas for teaching NOS to elementary students. The contexts were (a) NOS Theme in which the course focused on the teaching of science through the consistent teaching…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
Akerson, Valarie L.; Buzzelli, Cary A.; Donnelly, Lisa A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study tracked the influence of explicit reflective instructional methods on cultural values, ethical and intellectual development, and the relationship of these with preservice teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). The researchers used the Views of Nature of Science Form B (VNOS B) to describe NOS views, the Learning Context…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Scientific Principles
Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad; Akerson, Valarie L. – Science Education, 2004
This study assessed, and identified factors in participants' learning ecologies that mediated, the effectiveness of an explicit reflective instructional approach that satisfied conditions for learning as conceptual change on preservice elementary teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). Participants were 28 undergraduate students enrolled in an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reflective Teaching, Instructional Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers
