Preservice Teachers

Preservice elementary teachers' attitudes toward science have been the subject of investigation by science educators for decades. Many of the recent attempts pertaining to preservice elementary teachers by science educators have focused on the effects of science method courses o…

The purpose of this study was to identify and describe teacher efficacy beliefs in a sample of Turkish pre-service teachers. This study created a description of changes in efficacy beliefs as students progressed through their teacher preparation programs. The research revealed w…

The purpose of this action research was to evaluate the implementation of the National Archives DocsTeach program as a means of increasing the historical thinking of preservice teachers enrolled in a social studies methods course. In this study, six students enrolled in a social…