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McCall, Madelon – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2017
University laboratory science courses are typically designed to prepare science majors or those who are pursuing health related careers. These courses often do not provide the experiences necessary to improve elementary preservice teacher science teaching efficacy or attitudes and beliefs toward science. This research utilized a university science…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers
Patricia Ann Arnold – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The impact of the "Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)" on K-12 science education has gained significant momentum over the last several years. Evidence of the "NGSS" can be seen in revised state science content standards and amended teacher preparation standards. Due to this growing impetus, a holistic redesign of teacher…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
An Investigation of Pre-Service Teacher's Self-Efficacy and Self-Image as a Science Teacher in Egypt
El-Deghaidy, Heba – Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 2006
This study investigated the possible impact of a science teaching methods course on pre-service teachers' self-efficacy and perceptions of self as science teachers. The study also investigated the probable relationship between these two variables, which both measure issues related to the expected behaviour teachers adopt when teaching science.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Schools of Education, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
Uçak, Esra; Saka, Ceren – International Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 2022
The purpose of the current study is to investigate the effect of using Web 2.0 tools in the teaching of socioscientific issues on pre-service science teachers. A total of 24 senior pre-service science teachers attending a state university in the spring term of the 2021-2022 academic year participated in the study. The study was conducted with the…
Descriptors: Web 2.0 Technologies, Technology Uses in Education, Technology Integration, Science and Society
Kazempour, Mahsa – European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2013
This qualitative case study aimed to focus on the experiences and subsequent science and science teaching beliefs, attitudes, and self-efficacy of an elementary pre-service teacher, Heather, with extremely positive attitude and high self-efficacy. For this particular population of pre-service teachers, possessing a high science teaching…
Descriptors: Scientific Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Science Instruction, Preservice Teachers
McDonnough, Jacqueline T.; Matkins, Juanita Jo – School Science and Mathematics, 2010
Though the importance of including practicum experiences in programs for the preparation of elementary preservice teachers is generally accepted, the nature of these experiences on the development of skills in teaching science can vary greatly. This study compares the effect of variations in field experiences at two institutions, one which…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Self Efficacy, Field Experience Programs, Teaching Methods
Bhattacharyya, Sumita; Mead, Tim P.; Junot, Mary; Welch, Adam – Electronic Journal of Science Education, 2013
The overall purpose of this longitudinal study was to investigate the effectiveness of a science method course in training pre service teachers to teach science. This effectiveness was measured by examining changes in pre-service teachers' science teaching confidence level as reflected in their ability to implement different instructional…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Teachers
Cone, Neporcha – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
This study explored the effects of community-based service-learning (CBSL), supplemented with discussions and activities about diversity, on the self-efficacy beliefs of preservice elementary teachers regarding equitable science teaching and learning for diverse student groups. The study was conducted with 81 preservice teachers enrolled in four…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Self Efficacy
Riggs, Iris M. – 1991
The purpose of the study described here was to examine gender as it affects elementary-school teacher attitudes towards teaching science. The Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument (STEBI) was employed to measure the self-efficacy and outcome expectancy beliefs of elementary preservice and inservice teachers. Due to the experience of females…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Equal Education, Higher Education
Sindel, Kasey D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study was prompted by the growing amount of research that is in support of science reform and from this researcher's personal experience and concern that science instructions is no longer a top priority in elementary schools nor are young scientists given the opportunities to act as scientists in a real world setting. This study uses…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Teacher Education Curriculum, Workshops, Science Instruction
Bleicher, Robert E. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
This study examined changes in personal science teaching self-efficacy (PSTE), outcome expectancy (STOE), and science conceptual understanding and relationships among these in preservice teachers. Seventy preservice teachers enrolled in science teaching methods courses participated in this study. PSTE, STOE, and science conceptual understanding…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses
Bleicher, Robert E. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2006
The purpose of this study was to examine changes in personal science teaching self-efficacy (PSTE), outcome expectancy (STOE), and science conceptual understanding and relationships among these in preservice teachers. Seventy preservice teachers enrolled in science teaching methods courses participated in this study. PSTE, STOE, and science…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction
Watters, James J.; Ginns, Ian S. – 1997
This paper is a progress report on an ongoing, longitudinal study of the preparation of preservice elementary teachers in science. The study builds on previous work and explores the experiences of an intake of preservice students in 1994. These students were required to take a core course in science content in their foundation and subsequently a…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Hsu, Pei-Ling – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
The high attrition rate of new science teachers demonstrates the urgent need to incorporate effective practices in teacher preparation programs to better equip preservice science teachers. The purpose of the study is to demonstrate a way to enrich preservice science teachers' preparation by incorporating informal science teaching practice into…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Novices, Preservice Teachers