Becoming an Elementary Science Teacher: Identity Development in a Science Methods Course

Becoming an Elementary Science Teacher: Identity Development in a Science Methods Course
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Published on 2007 by ProQuest

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Many elementary teachers express a lack of positive connection and personal involvement with science subject matter, which, in turn, negatively influences how they think about teaching science. This dissertation study considers the potentially powerful role teacher educators can play in improving future science teachers' ideas and attitudes toward teaching science. Combining insights from ethnography and discourse analysis, this study addresses how participating in a university science methods course shapes prospective elementary teachers views of themselves as science teachers.

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