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Lotter, Christine; Rushton, Gregory T.; Singer, Jonathan – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate high school teachers' beliefs about inquiry instruction and determine how their beliefs influenced their use of inquiry after a professional development program. Thirty-six high school science teachers participated in this study. The professional development program consisted of a 2-week summer…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Inquiry, Qualitative Research
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Lotter, Christine; Singer, Jonathan; Godley, Jenice – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2009
This study describes the influence of a secondary science methods program on secondary science preservice teachers' views and enactment of nature of science and inquiry-based instructional practices. Built into the structure of this program were three cycles of practice teaching and reflection in which the preservice teachers focused on key…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Middle Schools, High Schools