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Direct linkNilsson, Pernilla; Loughran, John – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2012
This paper explores how a group of pre-service elementary science student teachers came to understand the development of their Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) over the course of a semester's study in a science methods course. At the start of the semester, PCK was introduced to them as an academic construct and as a conceptual tool that they…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Södervik, Ilona; Mikkilä-Erdmann, Mirjamaija; Vilppu, Henna – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to investigate elementary school pre-service teachers' understanding of photosynthesis and to examine if a refutational text can support understanding of photosynthesis better than a non-refutational text. A total of 91 elementary school pre-service teachers read either a refutational or a non-refutational text…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers
Peer reviewedBarman, Charles R.; Shedd, Jill D. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1992
Study analyzed the use of K-6 science materials called "Learning about Thinking & Thinking about Learning" in an inservice teacher education program for 18 teachers. From interviews, participants indicated that they gained useful information from the program. The evaluative measures utilized suggest that the inservice had a positive…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science
