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ERIC Number: ED428965
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1999-Mar
Pages: 38
Abstractor: N/A
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Preservice Elementary Students Meet Sagan's "Demon-Haunted World."
Nelson, Mike
This paper describes a course in which preservice elementary teachers read and discussed "The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark" by Carl Sagan. Students discussed their beliefs about the nature of science, teaching, and learning. The paper concludes that preservice teachers appeared to develop reflective and critical thinking skills as a result of participation in the course. Contains 33 references. (WRM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Reflective Teaching, Science and Society, Science Education, Scientific Enterprise, Scientific Principles, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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