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Direct linkHanuscin, Deborah L.; Zangori, Laura – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2016
Just as the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSSs) call for change in what students learn and how they are taught, teacher education programs must reconsider courses and curriculum in order to prepare teacher candidates to understand and implement new standards. In this study, we examine the development of prospective elementary…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
Lambert, Julie L.; Bleicher, Robert E. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
Given the recent media attention on the public's shift in opinion toward being more skeptical about climate change, 154 preservice teachers' participated in an intervention in an elementary science methods course. Findings indicated that students developed a deeper level of concern about climate change. Their perceptions on the evidence…
Descriptors: Climate, Environment, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses
Milford, Todd M.; Tippett, Christine D. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2013
This article presents the results of a mixed methods study that used the Draw-a-Scientist Test as a visual tool for exploring preservice teachers' beliefs about scientists. A questionnaire was also administered to 165 students who were enrolled in elementary (K-8) and secondary (8-12) science methods courses. Taken as a whole, the images drawn by…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Preservice Teachers, Mixed Methods Research, Scientists
Cone, Neporcha – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of community-based service learning (CBSL) on preservice elementary teachers' beliefs of the characteristics of effective science teachers of diverse students. Using semi-structured interviews, data were collected from 74 preservice teachers enrolled in four sections of an elementary science…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Service Learning, Science Teachers, Elementary School Science
Hechter, Richard P. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2011
This study investigated contextual changes in perceptions of science teaching self-efficacy through pre-, post- and retrospective administrations of the Science Teaching Expectancy Belief Instrument (STEBI-B) among preservice elementary teachers when exposed to a science teaching methods course. Findings revealed that the number of postsecondary…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
Brand, Brenda R.; Wilkins, Jesse L. M. – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2007
The focus of this study was elementary preservice teachers' development as effective teachers of science and mathematics as influenced by their participation in elementary science and mathematics methods courses. Preservice teachers' reports of factors that influenced their perception of their teaching abilities were analyzed according to…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Elementary School Science
