Understanding Inquiry Science Teaching in Context: A Case Study of an Elementary Teacher.

Keys, Carolyn W.; Kennedy, Virginia

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ERIC Number: EJ597928

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Understanding Inquiry Science Teaching in Context: A Case Study of an Elementary Teacher.

Keys, Carolyn W.; Kennedy, Virginia

Journal of Science Teacher Education, v10 n4 p315-33 Nov 1999

Describes a case study of one teacher's interpretation of "inquiry science teaching" in her fourth grade classroom. Finds that the collaborative development of inquiry teaching that worked for this instructor was a delicate process of the negotiation of meanings for inquiry. (Contains 20 references.) (WRM)

Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discovery Learning, Educational Change, Elementary School Science, Hands on Science, Inquiry, Instructional Innovation, Intermediate Grades, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Science Education, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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