An Evaluation of an Elementary Science Methods Course with Respect to Preservice Teacher's Pedagogical Development

Autor/in	Lee, Carole Kwan-Ping
Titel	An Evaluation of an Elementary Science Methods Course with Respect to Preservice Teacher's Pedagogical Development
Quelle	In: Asia-Pacific Forum on Science Learning and Teaching, 13 (2012) 2, Artikel 14 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1609-4913
Schlagwörter	Elementary Education; Classroom Techniques; Elementary School Science; Methods Courses; Preservice Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Knowledge Base for Teaching; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Scientific Principles; Positive Attitudes; Teacher Education; Questionnaires; Science Instruction; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementarunterricht; Klassenführung; Methodisch-didaktische Anleitung; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Fragebogen; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The science methods course is a requirement for the Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education licensure program in a mid-west state university in the U.S.A. In one semester, the author decided to evaluate the effectiveness of the science methods course in pedagogical content knowledge areas such as theory, planning and implementation. Adapting the instrument of Hudson and Ginns (2007), the author used a questionnaire to understand what preservice elementary teachers learned in the course. Results showed that topics such as classroom management, learning environment and hands-on lessons were well understood by the preservice elementary teachers as they had acquired similar knowledge in other education methods classes. Areas which needed improvement were the nature of science and the implementation of the science curriculum. Also, the findings showed that preservice elementary teachers had a strong positive attitude in science teaching and learning. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Hong Kong Institute of Education. 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Tel: +011-852-2948-7650; Fax: +011-852-2948-7726; e-mail: apfslt@sci.ied.edu.hk; Web site: http://www.ied.edu.hk/apfslt
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10