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ERIC Number: EJ303353
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Science Backgrounds, Conceptions of Purposes, and Concerns of Preservice Teachers about Teaching Children Science.
Zeitler, W. R.
Science Education, v68 n4 p505-20 Jul 1984
A nine-item questionnaire was used to obtain information from 229 preservice elementary teachers on secondary and college science courses completed, their conception of the purposes of elementary school science, and their concerns about teaching children science. Implications for preparing elementary teachers to teach science are addressed. (JN)
Descriptors: Educational Background, Elementary School Science, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Education, Science Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Background, Teacher Characteristics
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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Identifiers: Science Education Research