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Ingrid S. Carter; Valarie L. Akerson – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2024
The purpose of this study was to explore an approach to an elementary science methods course that utilized a science notebook to physically distinguished multiple perspectives of science teaching and learning. We conceptualized teacher candidates' (TCs') thinking within a framework titled "Exploring Multiple Perspectives in the Methods…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Methods Courses, Science Instruction
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Stroupe, David; Gotwals, Amelia; Christensen, Julie; Wray, Kraig A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2022
This study reports on eleven second-year teachers who were all students in the same practice-based secondary science methods courses framed around ambitious science teaching. In this qualitative embedded single case study, we examined if, how, and why novice teachers linked their current critical pedagogical discourses and instruction back to any…
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Methods Courses, Beginning Teachers
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Steele, David; Jeong, Sophia – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2023
Science content, teaching, and teacher preparation are all political acts. However, accepting the political nature of science as well as that of science teaching has proven to be a hard shift for many in the science community. In this paper, we suggest a shift away from an apolitical teaching of science toward a system of practices that transforms…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Scores, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers
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Wang, Jianlan; Sneed, Stacey; Wang, Yuanhua – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2020
Inquiry teaching in science education has been widely advocated for decades. It is a critical learning objective in many science teacher preparation programs. Despite its importance, it is not effectively implemented in science classrooms. One of the reasons is the lack of reliable and valid instruments that provide practical definition, concrete…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Science Education
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Pellikka, Anne; Lutovac, Sonja; Kaasila, Raimo – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2022
This study examines pre-service primary school teachers' (PSTs') possible selves in relation to science teaching and the ways in which these possible selves change over time. This longitudinal study adds to the body of knowledge by examining PSTs' possible selves at various time points throughout their teacher preparation: three PSTs, selected…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Self Concept, Professional Identity
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Thompson, Stephen L.; Emmer, Ed – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2019
This exploratory case study centered on 3 beginning elementary science teachers who experienced variations in practice-based instructional approaches within their elementary teacher development sequence. We define "practice-based instructional approaches" as engaging with teaching approximations that occur in authentic classroom settings…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Science Instruction, Science Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Zangori, Laura; Friedrichsen, Patricia J.; Wulff, Eric; Womack, Andrew J. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2017
We studied how the practices of modeling supported preservice teachers (PSTs) as a reflection tool for knowledge integration in their science methods courses. In this exploratory study, elementary (n = 4) and middle/secondary (n = 7) PSTs drew models of the process of teaching and learning, including what occurred before, during, and after…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Reflection, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Preservice Teacher Education
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Bhattacharyya, Sumita; Mead, Tim P.; Junot, Mary; Welch, Adam – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2013
The overall purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate the effectiveness of a science method course in training pre service teachers to teach science. This effectiveness was measured by examining changes in pre-service teachers' science teaching confidence level as reflected in their ability to implement different instructional…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Teachers
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Milner-Bolotin, Marina; Egersdorfer, Davor; Vinayagam, Murugan – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2016
This paper describes the second year of a multi-year study on the implementation of Peer Instruction and PeerWise-inspired pedagogies in a physics methods course in a teacher education program at a large research university in Western Canada. In the first year of this study, Peer Instruction was implemented consistently in the physics methods…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teacher Education Programs, Peer Teaching, Physics
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Hechter, Richard P.; McGregor, Lynette D. – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2008
Science teacher educators strive to improve their elementary science methods courses through modification of existing content, activities, or teaching technique. But what do the enrolled preservice teachers expect to learn from these courses and how do they expect to learn it? This study qualitatively examines preservice elementary teachers'…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Teachers, Elementary School Science, Teacher Educators
Wavering, Michael J. – 1990
The questions for this research were: (1) what did preservice teachers know about the nature of science; (2) what were their religious beliefs that had implications for how they viewed science; and (3) what effect did instruction on the nature of science have in changing their knowledge level? A 25-item questionnaire was given to secondary science…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Creationism, Evolution, Higher Education
Melchert, Sandy – 1990
The purpose of this study was to investigate certification requirements for elementary teachers in educational institutions to determine their preparation in science. The amount and types of science content, the science processes and skills, science teaching techniques, and general preparation as an elementary teacher who will need to teach…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Higher Education, Methods Courses
Markovits, Paul S.; Johnson, Ruth M. – 1985
Five years of data related to teachers' perceptions of learning and knowledge were analyzed to ascertain whether differences existed between preservice elementary and secondary science students (N=435). These data were generated from a questionnaire derived from assumptions about learning and knowledge. The assumptions address five areas of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Graduate Study, Higher Education
Goh, Ngoh-Khang; Chia, Lian-Sai – 1992
This study, conducted in Singapore, was designed to determine pre-service primary teachers' (n=34) behavior in asking operational questions in science. In training the pre-service teachers in asking operational questions, the meaning of operational questions was first illustrated and clarified to them through the use of some examples during group…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Critical Thinking, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education