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Is It Natural or Processed? Elementary School Teachers and Conceptions about Materials.
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Schibeci, Renato A.; Hickey, Ruth – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2000
Explores the science content knowledge of elementary school teachers and its possible role in helping them teach effectively. Studies the issues in the context of an investigation of the views of elementary school teachers (n=106) who had participated in professional development courses that focused on the topic "natural and processed…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Chemistry, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Growing the Tree of Teacher Knowledge: Ten Years of Learning to Teach Elementary Science
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Mulholland, Judith; Wallace, John – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is a much debated and studied construct. In this article, we adopt an all-embracing view of PCK to examine the development of one elementary science teacher's knowledge over a 10-year period. We portray this teacher's knowledge at three critical points in her career--as a student teacher, beginning teacher, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Figurative Language, Student Teachers