ERIC Number: EJ802019
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Jul
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-231X
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A Dialogue of Life: Integrating Service Learning in a Community-Immersion Model of Preservice Science-Teacher Preparation
Handa, Vicente; Tippins, Deborah; Thomson, Norman; Bilbao, Purita; Morano, Lourdes; Hallar, Brittan; Miller, Kristen
Journal of College Science Teaching, v37 n6 p14-20 Jul 2008
Dubbed a "dialogue of life," community immersion in preservice science-teacher education aims at providing a true-to-life and empowering opportunity for prospective science teachers (both elementary and secondary) to become active participants in community life through field and service-learning experiences. It consists of a three-unit course with a field component wherein prospective science teachers live in a local community and immerse in the life-worlds of rural village people--their social, cultural, economic, and many other realities become the matrix for embedding science learning and activities. (Contains 1 table and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Service Learning, Science Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Field Experience Programs, Immersion Programs, Rural Areas, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Pluralism, Science Instruction, Relevance (Education), Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries
National Science Teachers Association. 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000. Tel: 800-722-6782; Fax: 703-243-3924; e-mail: membership@nsta.org; Web site: http://www.nsta.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Philippines
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