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van Aalderen-Smeets, Sandra I.; Walma van der Molen, Juliette H.; Asma, Lieke J. F. – Science Education, 2012
Attention to the attitudes of preservice and inservice primary teachers toward science is of fundamental importance to research on primary science education. However, progress in this field of research has been slow due to the poor definition and conceptualization of the construct of primary teachers' attitude toward science. This poor theoretical…
Descriptors: Measurement, Teacher Attitudes, Scientific Attitudes, Elementary School Teachers
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Eshach, Haim; Dor-Ziderman, Yair; Yefroimsky, Yana – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2014
Despite the wide agreement among educators that classroom learning and teaching processes can gain much from student and teacher questions, their potential is not fully utilized. Adopting the view that reporting both teachers' (of varying age groups) views and actual classroom practices is necessary for obtaining a more complete view of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Science Education, Classroom Techniques, Questioning Techniques
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Ngai, Phyllis Bo-yuen; Koehn, Peter H. – Intercultural Education, 2010
The article presents a student-impact assessment of a model two-year place-based intercultural approach to indigenous education. Students at Lewis & Clark Primary School in Missoula, Montana, connected face-to-face with tribal educators and members residing in the nearby American Indian reservation. The program's learning outcomes included…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Cultural Awareness, Program Effectiveness, Reservation American Indians
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Shechtman, Zipora; Leichtentritt, Judy – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2004
The purpose of the study was to enhance classroom management in special education classrooms. "Affective teaching" was compared with "cognitive teaching" in 52 classrooms in Israel. Data was collected based on observations of three 90 minute lessons, equally divided into the two types of instruction. Results of MANOVA…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Age Differences, Classroom Techniques, Special Education