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Corni, Federico; Fuchs, Hans U. – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2021
This is the second of two papers on a novel physical science course for student teachers that develops and uses an imaginative approach to Primary Physical Science Education. General philosophical, cognitive, developmental, and scientific issues have been presented in the first paper; here, we briefly recapitulate the most important aspects. In…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Physical Sciences, Student Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Naidoo, Kara; Kirch, Susan A. – Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
This article has two aims: (a) to offer a new model for a teacher preparation course that features reflection and teaching as integral, inseparable actions and (b) to provide empirical evidence from an exploratory ethnography to demonstrate teacher development possibilities with this model. The model, termed "Transformative Reflection,"…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Reflection, Reflective Teaching, Ethnography
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Miele, Eleanor – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
The Draw-a-Scientist Test (DAST) is a tool to assess stereotypical imagery of scientists. This paper describes the use of the DAST as both a model for inquiry and as a method of assessing the affective domain. The DAST was administered in a science education methods course for undergraduate students of elementary education, a methods course for…
Descriptors: Scientists, Social Attitudes, Stereotypes, Science Instruction
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Wallace, Carolyn S.; Brooks, Lori – Science Education, 2015
Lack of time for teaching science in traditional classroom placements in the United States has led some science teacher educators to provide practice teaching time for elementary education students in informal science settings. The purposes of this study were to describe the culture of one science methods course taught in conjunction with a K-7…
Descriptors: Science Education, Teacher Educators, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses
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Çaliskan, Ilke – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2014
The aim of this study was to identify the needs of third grade classroom teaching students about science teaching course in terms of Parlett's Illuminative program evaluation model. Phenomographic research design was used in this study. Illuminative program evaluation model was chosen for this study in terms of its eclectic and process-based…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teachers, Needs Assessment, Science Instruction
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Strangis, Diane E.; Pringle, Rose M.; Knopf, Herman T. – Action in Teacher Education, 2006
This study examined preservice teachers' understanding of, and processes when, designing instruction. Participants were 47 juniors and seniors enrolled in science methods courses. Qualitative methods and analysis of written reflections and interviews revealed the beliefs and views the preservice teachers had about planning. Findings are as…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers