WELL-STARTED BEGINNERS: Preparing Elementary Teachers for Rigorous, Consequential, Just, and Equitable Science Teaching

Elizabeth A. Davis, Christa Haverly

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Abstract

The authors review research literature focused on preparing elementary teachers for rigorous, consequential, just, and equitable science teaching. The review focuses on the relationships between elementary science teacher education experiences and preservice teachers’ performances (e.g., planning, enactment) and characteristics (e.g., knowledge, beliefs, identities). The review shows that science content courses, science methods courses, field experiences, and teacher education programs as a whole can support a next-generation vision of elementary science teaching, though there is still much to be learned. The chapter ends with examples of potentially supportive design features of elementary science teacher education that works toward this vision.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationHandbook of Research on Science Teacher Education
PublisherTaylor and Francis
Pages83-96
Number of pages14
ISBN (Electronic)9781000567984
ISBN (Print)9780367565831
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2022

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Social Sciences

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