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Osisioma, Irene U.; Moscovici, Hedy – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2008
The need to equip science teachers with knowledge, skills, and habits of mind to face the challenges of teaching science through inquiry informed this study, which analyzed the secondary science intern teachers' beliefs about inquiry before, during, and following a series of 2 consecutive science methods courses in an attempt to document the…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Science Teachers, Urban Schools, Beliefs
Wendling, Laura M.; And Others – 1986
This study is based on a concern that secondary education students, when preparing to teach in the broad field of social studies, typically major in a narrowly defined discipline such as psychology, economics, history, or political science. The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to determine how well students are academically prepared to teach…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Education Majors, Grade Point Average, Higher Education
Sears, James T.; And Others – 1986
The theory underlying qualitative research design and a specific formative evaluation study that includes qualitative methods are discussed. The focus is the data analyses methods and procedures employed in the evaluation study, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the inquiry. Qualitative research focuses on the idiographic and operates on…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Interviews