Developing Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Pedagogical Practices While Planning Using the Learning Cycle

Autor/inn/en	Ross, Danielle K.; Cartier, Jennifer L.
Titel	Developing Pre-Service Elementary Teachers' Pedagogical Practices While Planning Using the Learning Cycle
Quelle	In: Journal of Science Teacher Education, 26 (2015) 6, S.573-591 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1046-560X
DOI	10.1007/s10972-015-9439-y
Schlagwörter	Preservice Teachers; Elementary Education; Science Instruction; Methods Courses; Instructional Materials; Lesson Plans; Longitudinal Studies; Elementary School Science; Models + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Elementarunterricht; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Methodisch-didaktische Anleitung; Lehrmaterial; Lehrmittel; Unterrichtsmedien; Lesson planning; Unterrichtsplanung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Analogiemodell
Abstract	Without the science content knowledge required to effectively teach this discipline, many elementary teachers struggle without the support of curriculum materials. Curriculum materials are often the main means by which these science practices and canonical knowledge are incorporated into lessons. As part of a 5-year longitudinal research and design project at a large university in the USA, faculty developed an elementary science methods course for pre-service elementary teachers. As a result the pre-service elementary teachers come to understand the Learning Cycle framework as support mechanism for science instruction. This study examined pre-service elementary teachers' use of curriculum materials in lesson planning by identifying types of instructional tools used during the Learning Cycle. Findings highlight the importance of providing pre-service elementary teachers with supportive frameworks and opportunities to learn to critique and adapt curriculum materials in order to begin the development of their pedagogical design capacity for Learning Cycle lessons. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01