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Educating Teachers for the New Science Curriculum: A Dilemma
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Newton, David E. – School Science and Mathematics, 1971
Reports on selected opinions of secondary science methods instructors and their students concerning the new science courses and inquiry teaching, based on the Research on Science Education Survey conducted with 37 colleges and universities from October 1967 to March 1968. (PR)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Inquiry, Methods Courses, Methods Teachers
Inquiry-Oriented Teaching Models for Use in College Methods Classes
Montean, John J. – Amer Biol Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Biology, Inquiry, Inservice Teacher Education, Instruction
Helping Preservice Teachers Develop Habits of Inquiry: Can It Be Done?
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Smith, Michael S. – Reading Research and Instruction, 2005
This exploratory study examined the feasibility of (a) a reading methods course promoting habits of inquiry in preservice teachers and (b) using "video cases" as a means of both promoting habits of inquiry and measuring the extent to which a preservice teacher has developed the dimensions of inquiry-based teaching. Three dimensions of inquiry were…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Inquiry, Reading Instruction, Cognitive Tests
Students' Rating of Instruction in Elementary Science Methods Courses.
Horak, Willis J.; Blecha, Milo K. – 1982
Relationships between students' (N=169) rating of instruction and students' attitudes about inquiry and traditional teaching in elementary science classes were investigated. Since one of the goals of their methods class was to develop or adopt teaching styles on their own, it was hypothesized that the congruence of students' adopted teaching style…
Descriptors: Conventional Instruction, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers