scholarly journals An Analysis of Types and Sources of Background Knowledges of Elementary Preservice Teachers' Questions about Astronomy Contents in Elementary Science Text Books

2016 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 194-204
Author(s):  
Myeong-Je Lee
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Elementary Science ◽  
Science Text ◽  
Elementary Preservice Teachers

The Association Between Course Context and Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of SSI Instruction

2021 ◽  
pp. 192-222 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark H. Newton ◽  
Melanie Kinskey
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Elementary Science ◽  
Gray Wolf ◽  
Science Content ◽  
Pedagogical Strategies ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Elementary Preservice Teachers ◽  
Attitudes Towards Science ◽  
Wolf Management

This chapter explores the association between elementary preservice teachers' (PSTs) perceptions of teaching using socioscientific issues (SSI) and the context in which the PSTs initially engaged with SSI. One course engaged with SSI while learning pedagogical strategies during an elementary science methods (decontextualized) course. The second course engaged with SSI via an environmental sciences course (contextualized). The contextualized course examined gray wolf management in Northern California as part of an ecology unit, which was followed by a series of debriefings regarding the implementation of the SSI. The findings indicate that while PSTs from both courses generally held more positive perceptions of SSI instruction after engaging with SSI, the students in the contextualized course perceived a greater ability to answer SSI-related questions and expressed more positive attitudes towards science content in the post-course data. Additionally, students in both courses perceived a greater need for teacher training on SSI implementation post-course.

Preservice Elementary Teachers and Music in the Elementary Classroom

2021 ◽  
pp. 875512332110525
Author(s):  
Jennifer Potter
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Elementary Classroom ◽  
Preservice Elementary Teachers ◽  
Music Teaching ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Music Integration ◽  
Elementary Preservice Teachers ◽  
Online Music ◽  
N 93

The purpose of this pretest-posttest study was to investigate elementary preservice teachers’ perceptions of and level of comfort with music in the elementary classroom after enrolling in an online music integration course. Participants were preservice elementary teachers ( N = 93) enrolled in three sections of an online music integration course at a large university in Southern California. Results showed significant differences in participants’ agreement with aspects of music teaching, comfort with music, and music integration. Findings also indicated significant differences in participants’ rankings of musical outcomes in an elementary setting. There were no significant differences found among participants’ ranking of music and other subjects in the elementary classroom.

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