Reports on selected opinions of secondary science methods instructors and their students concerning the new science courses and inquiry teaching, based on the Research on Science Education Survey conducted with 37 colleges and universities from October 1967 to March 1968. (PR)

As a major part of their science methods course, preservice elementary teachers start with a tested science unit and assemble a box of related manipulatives, audio visuals, worksheets, vocabulary cards, and other materials to be used in implementing the unit. The unit is then (ideally) used in practice teaching. (SD)

Describes Indiana University's elementary science teacher preparation program. The program consists of three elements or streams: (1) content process stream, (2) the planning stream, and (3) practicing field experience stream. A Basic Science Skills course is the first course in the sequence followed by content courses, methods, and early…