Exploring Empowering Strategies for Teaching Elementary Science Methods.

French, M. Jenice

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Publication Date: 1995

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Exploring Empowering Strategies for Teaching Elementary Science Methods.

French, M. Jenice

Teacher Education and Practice, v11 n1 p82-98 Spr-Sum 1995

The paper describes how preservice elementary teachers interpreted events in an elementary science teaching methods course that implemented innovative instructional strategies, exploring the benefits of student empowerment. Interviews, surveys, student journals, observation, and field notes provided data on syllabus negotiation, cooperative lesson planning, and class activities. (SM)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Higher Education, Lesson Plans, Power Structure, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Instruction, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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