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Eick, Charles J.; Stewart, Bethany – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2010
Dispositions supporting the teaching of science as structured inquiry by four elementary candidates are presented. Candidates were studied during student teaching based on their positive attitudes toward teaching science with reform-based materials in their methods course. Personal learning histories informed their attitudes, values, and beliefs…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Plevyak, Linda H. – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2007
This study investigated how early childhood education (ECE) (PreK-3) preservice teachers' ideas about science education change as a result of implementing an inquiry-based curriculum within an ECE science methods course (ten-week quarter). Fifty-two preservice teachers, including 50 females and 2 males, with 2 members of an ethnic minority group…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education