Constructing Meaning in a Science Methods Course for Prospective Elementary Teachers A Case Study /
How do prospective elementary science teachers think? This case study • reveals thinking patterns common to preservice elementary teachers; • identifies their behavioral characteristics while learning to teach science which are not commonly noted in current literature; • provides change strategies t...
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| Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
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Rotterdam :
SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers,
2016.
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Preface
- Prologue
- National Context
- Theoretical Framework
- Change Principles
- Resistance to Change
- Method
- About the Course
- Course Premise
- Flipped Classroom
- Course Scaffolding
- Formats for Sharing Products
- Assignments as Learning Opportunities
- Use of Community
- Variants in Context from Earlier Courses
- Findings about Course Participants
- Experiential Learners
- Student-Student Interactions and Relationships as a Cohort
- Receptivity to Change
- Student-Instructor Interaction: Cause and Effect Deficit
- Following Directions
- Living Student-Centered Schooling
- Students’ Grade Obsession: A Key
- Responses to an A Grade at Mid-Semester
- Interventions
- Attenuating the Grade Obsession: Deconditioning
- Self-Assessment/Self-Evaluation
- Delayed Grading
- Structure of the Mid-Semester “Test” Episode as a Learning Opportunity
- Critical Event Episode
- Accelerating Passage through Stages of Grief
- Responses to Instructor’s Reflections
- Applying Constructed Knowledge: Outcomes after Mid-Semester
- Presentations
- Site Visit Exploration Episode
- Recognize Science Could Be Found Anywhere
- Interactions Created a Productive Community
- Recognizing Benefits of Open Discussion
- Testing Inquiry in Elementary Schools
- Final Unit Plans
- Tying It All Together
- Advice to Future Preservice Teachers
- Change Principles in Action
- Conclusion
- Future Studies
- Epilogue
- Appendix A: Next Generation Science Standards
- Appendix B: Common Core Standards from the National Governors Association & Council of Chief State School Officers (2009)
- Appendix C: The Clash of the Culture of Science and the Culture of Traditional Preservice Students
- Appendix D: More Emphases – Less Emphases NSES Charts
- Appendix E: More Advice to Future Students and Other Student Perspectives
- References
- About the Author. .
