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Direct linkHume, Anne Christine – Research in Science Education, 2012
The challenge of preparing novice primary teachers for teaching in an educational environment, where science education has low status and many teachers have limited science content knowledge and lack the confidence to teach science, is great. This paper reports on an innovation involving a sustained simulation in an undergraduate science education…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Education Courses
Howitt, Christine – Research in Science Education, 2007
Lack of confidence towards science is a major factor in the avoidance of teaching science at elementary school. This paper reports the results of a survey that asked 28 pre-service elementary teachers what they believed contributed to their confidence towards science and the teaching of science during a second year science unit where an holistic…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Science Activities, Teacher Educators
