Constructing Meaning in a Science Methods Course for Prospective Elementary Teachers : : A Case Study /

Constructing Meaning in a Science Methods Course for Prospective Elementary Teachers : : A Case Study / / by Barbara S. Spector.

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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Spector, Barbara S.
Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (118 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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. .

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