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Direct linkSeung, Eulsun; Park, Soonhye; Narayan, Ratna – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2011
This study examined elementary preservice teachers' beliefs about the role/image of a science teacher and science teaching and how these beliefs change during an elementary science methods course; this examination was conducted through an analysis of their metaphor writing. Data included personal metaphors and rationale papers for supporting them…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning), Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science
Download full textGarbett, Dawn – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2011
Constructivism posits that the teacher's role is to help their students to actively construct new understanding for themselves. Diagnosis of students' prior understanding followed by carefully planned teaching sequences enables learners to grasp hitherto unknown concepts. Assessing whether they can then apply their new knowledge in new contexts…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Science Teachers
Nelson, Tamara Holmlund – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2008
Preservice teachers in a K-8 science methods course used guided video reflection to examine their interactions with children during science teaching. This inquiry approach helped preservice teachers identify and respond to gaps between their beliefs and intentions about teaching all children and their enactment of those beliefs. The experience of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teaching Methods
Ford, Michael J.; Wargo, Brian M. – Science Education, 2007
Reform efforts in science education have focused on engaging students in authentic scientific practices. For these efforts to succeed, detailed articulations of scientific practice need to be linked to understandings of classroom practice. Here we characterize engagement in practice generally in terms of "3Rs": routines, roles, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Learning Activities, Class Activities, Preservice Teachers
Newport, John F. – Sci Educ, 1970
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Study Centers, Elementary School Teachers, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedPape, Sharon L. – Action in Teacher Education, 1993
A case study of student teachers in a rural high school indicated that curriculum decisions by student teachers are influenced by supervision practices of the cooperating teacher; both the student teachers' and the cooperating teachers' perception of the student teacher's role; cautions from methods instructors; and existing curriculum and texts.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cooperating Teachers, Curriculum Development, Decision Making
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
