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Christine G. Schnittka; Mark A. Brenneman – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2025
Teacher candidates kept journals for one semester, documenting the science content and practices they encountered in their daily lives, while their professor provided detailed written feedback. The objective of this study was to determine gaps in everyday science practices, and to eventually design interventions which might help teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Journals, Journal Writing
Deehan, James; McKinnon, David H.; Danaia, Lena – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2019
If the declines in interest and performance within school science are to be reversed, it is imperative that competent and confident teachers deliver quality science experiences. This paper reports on the long-term implementation of two complementary, student-centered tertiary science methods courses that integrated instruction in content with…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Seung, Elsun; Park, Soonhye; Lee, Myung-Ah – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2019
The purpose of this research is to examine the effect of a summer camp-based science methods course on elementary pre-service teachers' self-efficacy in teaching science as inquiry. The science camp was offered to K-6 students as part of the 4-week, 3-credit science teaching methods course over the summer. The pre-service teachers were asked to…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Science Instruction, Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education
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
Lambert, Julie L.; Bleicher, Robert E. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
Given the recent media attention on the public's shift in opinion toward being more skeptical about climate change, 154 preservice teachers' participated in an intervention in an elementary science methods course. Findings indicated that students developed a deeper level of concern about climate change. Their perceptions on the evidence…
Descriptors: Climate, Environment, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses
Sullivan-Watts, Barbara K.; Nowicki, Barbara L.; Shim, Minsuk K.; Young, Betty J. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
This study examined the influence of a professional development program based around commercially available inquiry science curricula on the teaching practices of 27 beginning elementary school teachers and their teacher mentors over a 2 year period. A quantitative rubric used to score inquiry elements and use of data in videotaped lessons…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Inquiry, Science Curriculum
Cone, Neporcha – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
This study explored the effects of community-based service-learning (CBSL), supplemented with discussions and activities about diversity, on the self-efficacy beliefs of preservice elementary teachers regarding equitable science teaching and learning for diverse student groups. The study was conducted with 81 preservice teachers enrolled in four…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Self Efficacy
Lotter, Christine; Singer, Jonathan; Godley, Jenice – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
This study describes the influence of a secondary science methods program on secondary science preservice teachers' views and enactment of nature of science and inquiry-based instructional practices. Built into the structure of this program were three cycles of practice teaching and reflection in which the preservice teachers focused on key…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Middle Schools, High Schools