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Exploring Elementary Science Methods Course Contexts to Improve Preservice Teachers' NOS of Science Conceptions and Understandings of NOS Teaching Strategies
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Weiland, Ingrid; Rogers, Meredith Park; Pongsanon, Khemmawaddee; Bilican, Kader – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
We explored adaptations to an elementary science methods course to determine how varied contexts could improve elementary preservice teachers' conceptions of NOS as well as their ideas for teaching NOS to elementary students. The contexts were (a) NOS Theme in which the course focused on the teaching of science through the consistent teaching…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Science Instruction, Scientific Principles
If We Teach Them, They Can Learn: Young Students Views of Nature of Science during an Informal Science Education Program
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Quigley, Cassie; Pongsanon, Khemmawadee; Akerson, Valarie L. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2011
There have been substantial reform efforts in science education to improve students' understandings of science and its processes and provide continual support for students becoming scientifically literate (AAAS, "Benchmarks for science literacy," Oxford University Press, New York, 1993; NRC, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 1996; NSTA,…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Scientific Principles, Educational Change, Scientific Literacy
If We Teach Them, They Can Learn: Young Students Views of Nature of Science Aspects to Early Elementary Students during an Informal Science Education Program
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Quigley, Cassie; Pongsanon, Khemmawadee; Akerson, Valarie L. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2010
There have been substantial reform efforts in science education to improve students' understandings of science and its processes and provide continual support for students becoming scientifically literate (American Association for the Advancement of Science in Benchmarks for science literacy, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993; "National…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Observation, Scientific Principles, Educational Change
Early Childhood Teachers' Views of Nature of Science: The Influence of Intellectual Levels, Cultural Values, and Explicit Reflective Teaching
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Buzzelli, Cary A.; Donnelly, Lisa A. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2008
This study tracked the influence of explicit reflective instructional methods on cultural values, ethical and intellectual development, and the relationship of these with preservice teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). The researchers used the Views of Nature of Science Form B (VNOS B) to describe NOS views, the Learning Context…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Scientific Principles
Teaching Nature of Science through Inquiry: Results of a 3-Year Professional Development Program
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Hanuscin, Deborah L. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This study assessed the influence of a 3-year professional development program on elementary teachers' views of nature of science (NOS), instructional practice to promote students' appropriate NOS views, and the influence of participants' instruction on elementary student NOS views. Using the VNOS-B and associated interviews the researchers…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Scientific Principles, Faculty Development, Professional Development
The Influence of Guided Inquiry and Explicit Instruction on K-6 Teachers' Views of Nature of Science
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Hanson, Deborah L.; Cullen, Theresa A. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
This study assessed the influence of guided inquiry and explicit reflective instruction on K-6 teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). Using the Views of Nature of Science Elementary School Version 2 (VNOS-D2), and associated interviews we tracked the changes in NOS views of teacher participants prior to and following a summer professional…
Descriptors: Physics, Professional Development, Scientific Principles, Elementary Education
Learning as Conceptual Change: Factors Mediating the Development of Preservice Elementary Teachers' Views of Nature of Science
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Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad; Akerson, Valarie L. – Science Education, 2004
This study assessed, and identified factors in participants' learning ecologies that mediated, the effectiveness of an explicit reflective instructional approach that satisfied conditions for learning as conceptual change on preservice elementary teachers' views of nature of science (NOS). Participants were 28 undergraduate students enrolled in an…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reflective Teaching, Instructional Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers
Influence of a Reflective Explicit Activity-based Approach on Elementary Teachers' Conceptions of Nature of Science.
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Akerson, Valarie L.; Abd-El-Khalick, Fouad; Lederman, Norman G. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2000
Discusses the influence of a reflective, explicit, activity-based approach to nature of science (NOS) instruction used in an elementary science methods course on preservice teachers' views of some aspects of the nature of science. Finds that participants made substantial gains in their views of some of the target NOS aspects. Advocates a…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Epistemology, Knowledge Base for Teaching