Teaching with Insects: An Applied Life Science Course for Supporting Prospective Elementary Teachers' Scientific Inquiry

Autor/inn/en	Haefner, Leigh A.; Friedrichsen, Patricia Meis; Zembal-Saul, Carla
Titel	Teaching with Insects: An Applied Life Science Course for Supporting Prospective Elementary Teachers' Scientific Inquiry
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 68 (2006) 4, S.206-207 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
Schlagwörter	Science Education; Science Instruction; Preservice Teacher Education; Entomology; Inquiry; Curriculum Development; Teaching Methods; Academic Standards; Biological Sciences; Elementary School Teachers; Elementary School Science; Science Curriculum + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Entomologie; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Abwasserbiologie; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende
Abstract	The National Science Education Standards (National Research Council [NRC], 1996) call for a greater emphasis on scientific inquiry in K-12 science classes. The Inquiry Standards recommend that students be engaged with scientific questions in which they collect and interpret data, give priority to evidence to construct explanations, test those explanations against current scientific knowledge, and communicate their ideas to others. By engaging in scientific inquiry, learners identify their assumptions, use critical and logical thinking, and consider alternative explanations. Many prospective teachers lack both experience with scientific inquiry and knowledge of how to teach science as inquiry; therefore, the renewed emphasis on inquiry has exposed a serious gap in prospective teachers' preparation to support students' science learning. The purpose of this paper is to describe the authors' efforts to address this need by developing an eight-week applied-life science content course for prospective elementary teachers that emphasizes scientific inquiry and supports children's scientific inquiry. This course, "Teaching with Insects," was designed by a team of faculty and graduate students from the Departments of Entomology and Science Education, and is part of an ongoing research agenda focused on supporting prospective teachers' developing understanding of scientific knowledge and practices, as well as the process of learning to teach science. (Contains 2 figure and 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10