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Forbes, Cory T.; Davis, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2010
Curriculum materials are crucial tools with which teachers engage students in science as inquiry. In order to use curriculum materials effectively, however, teachers must develop a robust capacity for pedagogical design, or the ability to mobilize a variety of personal and curricular resources to promote student learning. The purpose of this study…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Curriculum Design, Teaching Methods

Barufaldi, James P.; And Others – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1977
The philosophical viewpoints of 56 preservice elementary school teachers were measured prior to and following a fourteen-week methods course. Following treatment, subjects viewed science as more tentative and uncertain than did those in a control group. (CP)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science

Sunal, Dennis W. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1980
Compared are elementary teacher methods courses differing in the amount of field experience with specific teaching behaviors involving the ability to teach activity-oriented or experiential science. Results include the finding that field experience effects a major difference in the ability to model specific teaching behaviors. (CS)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Experiential Learning

Duschl, Richard A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1983
Documented training and educational activities of preservice elementary education majors (N=20) to determine what (if any) aspects of their science training contribute to developing the apprehension elementary teachers have toward science, science education, and science instruction. Results, conclusions, and implications are reported from the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers

McGinnis, J. Randy; Pearsall, Marjorie – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Reports on an action research study of one male science education professor's experience teaching elementary science methods to females. Presents the perspectives of co-researchers and examines what each learned about the professor's practice. Contains 97 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Classroom Environment, Educational Experience, Elementary Education

van Zee, Emily H. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1998
Discusses meanings of the term "teacher research," a rationale for preparing teachers to do research as they learn to teach, and ways to educate prospective teachers as researchers. Contains 59 references. (DDR)
Descriptors: Action Research, Course Content, Elementary Education, Higher Education