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Otero, Valerie K.; Nathan, Mitchell J. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
Pre-service teachers face many challenges as they learn to teach in ways that are different from their own educational experiences. Pre-service teachers often enter teacher education courses with pre-conceptions about teaching and learning that may or may not be consistent with contemporary learning theory. To build on preservice teachers' prior…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Learning Theories, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses
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Mensah, Felicia Moore – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2009
This study focuses on the structure and theoretical foundations of the book club for promoting multicultural understandings in science teacher education. The book club was defined as an informal, peer-directed group discussion that met regularly to discuss an ethnographic, multicultural text regarding issues pertinent to science teaching and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses