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Lyon, Edward G.; Stoddart, Trish; Bunch, George C.; Tolbert, Sara; Salinas, Ivan; Solis, Jorge – Science Education, 2018
This proof of concept study investigated a secondary science teacher preparation intervention in six university programs across Arizona, California, and Texas. Researchers and science method instructors (SMIs) collaboratively restructured respective science method courses to hold fidelity to an interrelated set of instructional practices that…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses
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Manzo, Rosa D.; Whent, Linda; Liets, Lauren; de la Torre, Adela; Gomez-Camacho, Rosa – Journal of Education and Learning, 2016
This study examined how science teachers' knowledge of research methods, neuroscience and drug addiction changed through their participation in a 5-day summer science institute. The data for this study evolved from a four-year NIH funded science education project called Addiction Research and Investigation for Science Educators (ARISE). Findings…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Neurosciences, Drug Addiction, Research Methodology
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Stoddart, Trish; Bravo, Marco; Mosqueda, Eduardo; Solis, Jorge – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
Several pressing issues call for institutions charged with the responsibility to educate prospective teachers to rethink their model of teacher preparation to better address the educational needs of English Language Learners (ELLs). It is projected that by 2025 one in four students in the U.S. will be from homes where a language other than English…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Student Diversity, English Language Learners
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Moscovici, Hedy – Urban Education, 2009
This study is based on data collected during 6 years (12 semesters) in the secondary science methods courses at an urban university in Southern California. The secondary science credential candidates were teaching on emergency permits or internship credentials in local urban secondary schools. They taught science during the day and pursued their…
Descriptors: Credentials, Assignments, Methods Courses, Critical Theory
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Moscovici, Hedy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This study explored the dynamics of power relationships in secondary science methods courses taught at an urban university in Southern California for credential candidates. Data collection extended over 10 academic semesters. Employing frameworks of power, self-study, and critical pedagogy, the study analyzes the multifaceted and intricate roads…
Descriptors: Credentials, Urban Schools, Methods Courses, Critical Theory
Moscovici, Hedy – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2003
Various major publications such as the National Science Education Standards (National Research Council, 1996) and the collection of research results regarding the use of inquiry methodology in the teaching and learning of science edited by Minstrell & van Zee (2000) recommend that science should be taught in the same way that it is…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Science Teachers, Teaching Conditions, Secondary School Science