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Saçkes, Mesut – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2014
The purpose of the present study was to explore how often teachers of young children teach science concepts in kindergarten and examine the factors that influence the frequency of science teaching in early years. A theoretical model of the determinants of the frequency of science teaching in kindergarten was developed and tested using a…
Descriptors: Young Children, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers, Science Instruction
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Hubbard, Paula; Abell, Sandra – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2005
We examined the beliefs about science teaching and learning held by elementary preservice teachers in a science methods course, comparing students who had experienced an inquiry-based physics course with those who had not. Students who had taken the physics course prior to the methods semester were better equipped to recognize and learn from…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Inquiry