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Bravo, Elena; Costillo, Emilio; Bravo, José L.; Mellado, Vicente; Conde, María del C. – Science Education, 2022
Nature field trips stand out as pedagogical experiences because of their benefits in science learning, even in early childhood education (ECE). However, previous studies have found that teachers often do not make use of their full educational potential. The present research offers a descriptive exploration of ECE prospective teachers' enactment of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Early Childhood Education, Outdoor Education, Field Trips
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Affouneh, Saida; Salha, Soheil; Burgos, Daniel; Khlaif, Zuheir N.; Saifi, Abdel G.; Mater, Naela; Odeh, Ahmed – Science Education, 2020
The present study seeks to identify teachers' perceptions regarding STEM teaching professional development and to identify the factors that facilitate or hinder the success of teachers' professional development. The participants of the study were 35 teachers. A qualitative approach was used for data collection by conducting semi-structured…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Characteristics
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Danish, Joshua A.; Enyedy, Noel – Science Education, 2007
In this paper, we synthesize two bodies of work related to students' representational activities: the notions of meta-representational competence and representation as a form of practice. We report on video analyses of kindergarten and first-grade students as they create representations of pollination in a science classroom, as well as summarize…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Local Norms, Videotape Recordings, Elementary School Science