ERIC Number: EJ1161591
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-0950-0693
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Science as Experience, Exploration, and Experiments: Elementary Teachers' Notions of "Doing Science"
International Journal of Science Education, v39 n17 p2283-2303 2017
Much of the literature on science teaching suggests that elementary teachers lack relevant prior experiences with science. This study begins to reframe the deficit approach to research in science teaching by privileging the experiences elementary teachers have had with science--both in and out of schools--throughout their lives. Our work uses identity as a lens to examine the complexities of elementary teachers' narrative accounts of their experiences with science over the course of their lives. Our findings identify components of teachers' science-related experiences in order to lay the groundwork for making connections between teachers' personal experiences and professional practice. This work demonstrates that teachers' storied lives are important for educational researchers and teacher educators, as they reveal elements of teaching knowledge that may be productive and resourceful for refining teachers' science practice.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Science Experiments, Teaching Methods, Teacher Attitudes, Interviews, Personal Narratives, Experience, Teacher Characteristics, Coding, Prior Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: West Virginia
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