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Profiling the Beliefs of the Forgotten Teachers: An Analysis of Intern Teachers' Frameworks for Urban Science Teaching
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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
Teachers' Backgrounds and Beliefs: Influences on Learning to Teach in the Social Studies.
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Johnston, Marilyn – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1990
Presents a case study involving two teaching certification students. Examines how a social studies methods course and a one-year elementary school postbaccalaureate teacher education program influenced students' educational beliefs and practices. Finds influences are partial, differential, and interactive with students' backgrounds and…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research
The Relationship between the Elementary Social Studies Methods Course and Student Teachers' Beliefs and Practices.
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Yon, Maria; Passe, Jeff – Journal of Social Studies Research, 1990
Examines relationships between an elementary social studies methods course and three student teachers' beliefs and practices. Discovers significant connections between the methods course and student teacher beliefs but finds contextual constraints on implementing planning and instructional practices suggested by the methods course. Argues studies…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Context Effect