The effect of teaching outdoor environmental education on elementary preservice teachers’ self-efficacy

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Moseley ◽  
Kay Reinke ◽  
Veronica Bookout
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Outdoor Environmental Education ◽  
Elementary Preservice Teachers

scholarly journals Engineering After-School Program with Elementary Preservice Teachers and K-8 Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Cribbs ◽  
Jeanine Huss ◽  
Julia Mittelberg
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
After School ◽  
School Program ◽  
Limited Perspective ◽  
Elementary Aged Children ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Elementary Preservice Teachers ◽  
After School Program ◽  
Engineering Standards

This study explores the influence of an after-school program involving high needs elementary-aged students at community-based sites and elementary preservice teachers (EPSTs) enrolled in a final sequence of methods courses at a local university. Data collection involved surveys, interviews, and reflections with EPSTs and interviews with elementary-aged children. Results indicated a significant positive correlation between EPTSs’ science perceptions and science teaching self efficacy. A series of Wilcoxon Rank Sum tests indicate significant growth from pre to post in participating EPSTs’ self-efficacy with the NGSS and the Engineering Standards within the NGSS. Interviews and reflections provided evidence that EPSTs benefited from the program by teaching in an unfamiliar setting that changed their beliefs and helped strengthen their teaching skills. Interview results for elementary-aged children revealed a hands-on, although somewhat limited, perspective of science, technology, and engineering. Perceptions of mathematics were primarily focused on computation.

Using Environmental Education Project Curricula with Elementary Preservice Teachers

2010 ◽  
pp. 281-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adele C. Schepige ◽  
Patricia D. Morrell ◽  
Cindi Smith-Walters ◽  
Kim Cleary Sadler ◽  
Miriam Munck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Environmental Education ◽  
Education Project ◽  
Elementary Preservice Teachers
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