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Osmond, Pamela; Goodnough, Karen – Studying Teacher Education, 2011
In this self-study, Pamela, a new science teacher educator, adopted Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) in the context of an elementary science education methodology course. JiTT is a teaching and learning strategy involving interaction between web-based study assignments and face-to-face class sessions. Students respond electronically to web-based…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Educators, Elementary School Science, Teaching Methods
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Bleicher, Robert E. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
This study examined changes in personal science teaching self-efficacy (PSTE), outcome expectancy (STOE), and science conceptual understanding and relationships among these in preservice teachers. Seventy preservice teachers enrolled in science teaching methods courses participated in this study. PSTE, STOE, and science conceptual understanding…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses
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Spector, Barbara; Burkett, Ruth S.; Leard, Cyndy – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
This is the report of a qualitative emergent-design study of 2 different Web-enhanced science methods courses for preservice elementary teachers in which an experiential learning strategy, labeled "using yourself as a learning laboratory," was implemented. Emergent grounded theory indicated this strategy, when embedded in a course organized as an…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Grief, Participant Observation