Studies (n=51) inservice school teachers with regard to their orientations toward geoscience phenomena in general and deep time in particular. Aims to identify the nature of idiosyncratic conceptions of deep time and propose a curricular Deep Time Framework for teacher education. (Contains 29 references.) (Author/YDS)

Examined changes in beliefs and instruction of (n=21) primary grade teachers over a 4-year period in which the teachers participated in a CGI (Cognitively Guided Instruction) teacher development program that focused on helping teachers understand the development of children's mathematics thinking. (Author/MKR)

Explores primary teachers' perceptions of technology. Findings indicate that the perceptions held by primary teachers ranged from technology as the application of science to designing and making artifacts, and many teachers appeared to be confused about the relationship between the National Curriculum view of technology and that held by general…

Surveys 208 inservice elementary school teachers regarding their collective perceptions of integrated phonics instruction at several levels. Investigates the importance of phonics instruction, the integration of phonics instruction in current elementary classrooms, the preparation of the elementary teachers, and the teachers' perceptions towards…

Discusses findings from an investigation into 42 prospective elementary teachers' views of mathematics teaching and learning with the focus on how the participants saw the roles of teachers, pupils, and mathematics in mathematics classes as they communicated their views in journals written during the study. Some teachers expressed a tendency to…

Uses a questionnaire to explore understanding in practicing primary school teachers (n=170), primary trainees (n= 120), and secondary science trainees (n=88) in the areas of biodiversity, carbon cycle, ozone, and global warming. Suggests that both basic explanations and difficulties in understanding of teachers in some areas can usefully inform…

Presents evidence of the influence of professional development and curriculum on upper elementary students' understanding of fractions. Subjects included three groups of teachers and their students. Indicates that the benefits of reform curriculum for students may depend upon integrated professional development. (Contains 60 references.)…

Focuses on two main issues concerning the mathematics education of prospective primary school teachers in Greece: the integration of mathematics and pedagogy, and the relationship of theory to practice. Discusses specific teaching approaches concerning the problem of integration both in mathematics and in mathematics education courses. (Contains…

Explores the history of tenure and analyzes various meanings of the concept in literature and laws. Provides a critique of aspects of these definitions, exposing the extent to which tenure, as presently conceptualized, fails to promote teacher professionalism. Explores ways in which present tenure policies could be reformulated to promote…

Explores the status of environmental education in China through studying the promotion of environmental education in primary schools in Shanghai, the largest city in China. Conducts a survey to understand primary teachers' receptivity to implementing environmental education, the extent of its implementation, and the ways in which it is being…

Explores the extent of teacher inquiry and how professional development can promote schoolwide inquiry within seven urban elementary schools, highlighting the regular, systematic inquiry present in two schools and organizational contexts that facilitate inquiry. As a key element of professional community, the ways that inquiry contributes to other…

This paper proposes to examine the causes and impact of the admission of women to the teaching profession, by comparing the professional situation of women elementary teachers in England and France. An examination of the avowed or implicit reasons for allowing women into the profession in the two countries, looking in particular at recruitment,…

One of the most difficult jobs of elementary school teachers is teaching science for conceptual understanding. Conceptual understanding requires students to organize facts and ideas into a meaningful concept in science. Facts and concepts form webs that can help students make connections between the concepts of science and their experiences.…

August 2002 found the author scouring the rocky shore of Joggins, Nova Scotia, hunting for fossils dropped off by the last high tide. The experience highlighted the challenges of paleontology. She collected a bunch of rocks she thought had definite prints of plants or animals, but when she took them to the town's fossil museum, it turned out she…

In this article, the author introduces Peter Kinoti Inoti, the headmaster of a Kenyan primary school, who finds himself at the forefront of bringing AIDS education to a country that's remained silent about the disease for decades. Inoti, who had been a teacher at the primary level--grades 1-8--for more than two decades, juggles his duties as an…