Elementary science teacher education: international perspectives on contemporary issues and practice

1. Framing issues of elementary science teacher education : critical conversations / Sharon E. Nichols and Thomas Koballa

2. Being an elementary science teacher educator / Lawrence B. Flick

3. Science pedagogical content knowledge and elementary school teachers / Ken Appleton

4. Teaching by distance / William John Boone

5. Challenges and opportunities for field experiences in elementary science teacher preparation / Sandra K. Abell

6. Relating learning theories to pedagogy for preservice elementary science education / Janice Koch

7. "Meaning-making science" : exploring the sociocultural dimensions of early childhood teacher education / Marilyn Fleer

8. Considering curriculum for elementary science methods courses / Joanne K. Olson and Ken Appleton

9. Language, learning, and science literacy / Vaughan Prain and Brian Hand

10. standards-infused approach to curriculum : a promising interdisciplinary inquiry / Katherine C. Wieseman and Hedy Moscovici

11. role and place of technological literacy in elementary science teacher education / Alister Jones

12. Assessment and elementary science teacher education / Christine A. Harrison

13. Teaching "science teaching" through inquiry / Emily H. van Zee

14. elementary science teacher as researcher / Valerie L. Akerson and Amy Roth McDuffie

15. Cultural considerations / J. Randy McGinnis

16. Employing case-based pedagogy within a reflection orientation to elementary science teacher preparation / Lynn A. Bryan and Deborah J. Tippins

17. Models of elementary science instruction : roles of science specialist teachers / M. Gail Jones and Julie Edmunds

18. Future directions in elementary science teacher education : conclusion / Ken Appleton.