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Avraamidou, Lucy – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2017
Given reform recommendations emphasizing scientific inquiry and empirical evidence pointing to the difficulties beginning teachers face in enacting inquiry-based science, this study explores a well-started beginning elementary teacher's (Sofia) beliefs about inquiry-based science and related instructional practices. In order to explore Sofia's…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Avraamidou, Lucy – International Journal of Science Education, 2015
The purpose of this case study was to explore the ways in which 3 different informal science experiences in the context of an elementary methods course influenced a group of prospective elementary teachers' ideas about science teaching and learning as well as their understandings about the role of informal science environments to teaching and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Methods Courses, Science Education, Informal Education