Recommendations for reform in science education around the world set high goals for
beginning elementary teachers. Concurrently, existing literature indicates a number of …

In this qualitative study the researchers explored children's perceptions of their participation
in a science class in which an elementary science curriculum, the Full Option Science …

The purpose of this case study was to explore the ways in which 3 different informal science
experiences in the context of an elementary methods course influenced a group of …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of an accounting education
pedagogy incorporating active learning approaches designed to engage first-year …

This study analysed secondary school teachers' self-reported learning during their
participation in a long-term, non-formal scientific activity in the form of a crystal-growing …

In efforts to better prepare students for a technology-driven workforce, many states and
districts have pushed for clustered teaching of science, technology, engineering, and …

A Framework for K‐12 Science Education indicates that introducing young children to
scientific and engineering practices, core disciplinary ideas, and crosscutting concepts …

Museum-based disaster education programs have the potential to offer hands-on and
interactive activities unavailable in schools. In our study, we provide promising new insight …

In case studies of two first-year elementary classroom teachers, we explored the influence of
informal science education (ISE) they experienced in their teacher education program. Our …

Preservice elementary teachers' lack of confidence in teaching science is an ongoing
concern. Only 29% of elementary teachers in the field felt “very well prepared to teach life …