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Direct linkMoscovici, Hedy; Osisioma, Irene – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2008
This paper addresses the dilemmas encountered by two secondary science education instructors designing a course for preservice elementary teachers. Taking into consideration past experiences of teaching education and science courses in general and with preservice elementary teachers in particular and recommendations from state and national…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Preservice Teacher Education
Avraamidou, Lucy; Evagorou, Maria – Science Education Review, 2007
In this paper we describe a model for a science fair, within the context of an elementary science methods course. We first describe the theoretical perspectives from which the idea of science fairs derives and we provide definitions as we sketch the characteristics of commonly used science fairs. We then describe the context and processes of a…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Elementary School Science, Program Descriptions, Learning Activities
Oana, Robert G.; Eiszler, Charles F. – 1975
Presented are two of the science modules (from Appendix A), developed for a study at Central Michigan University, focusing on competency-based materials in science methods education for elementary school teachers. The Materials Module is designed to involve the preservice teachers in examining, analyzing and evaluating three elementary science…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Elementary School Science, Higher Education, Methods Courses
Ivany, J. W. George – 1975
Presented is a methods textbook designed for elementary school teachers to help them improve the teaching of elementary school science. The author has attempted to guide teachers in choosing curriculum to be taught by considering educational objectives, diagnosing learner needs, and then evaluating the success of their teaching in terms of learner…
Descriptors: Books, Elementary School Science, Higher Education, Inquiry
Graeber, Mary – 1972
The typical approach to the teaching of an elementary school science methods course for undergraduate students was compared with an experimental approach based upon activities appearing in the Conceptually Oriented Program in Elementary Science (COPES) teacher's guides. The typical approach was characterized by a coverage of many topics and a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Methods Courses, Peer Teaching
Hungerford, Harold R.; Tomera, Audrey N. – 1985
This methods book is divided into 13 parts. The first 12 parts (each beginning with a list of performance objectives) focus on: understanding the nature of science and technology; reasons for teaching science to children; a short history of elementary science methods in the United States; the products of science; the processes of science;…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Methods Courses
