Search results for: Eick Charles J.

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Use of the Outdoor Classroom and Nature-Study to Support Science and Literacy Learning: A Narrative Case Study of a Third-Grade Classroom
Authors: Eick Charles J.
The author describes a case study of an exemplary third grade teacher’s use of the outdoor classroom for meeting both state science and language arts standards. The data reveal that this teacher’s early life experiences supported her strong interest in science and nature in the outdoors and experiencing it with her children.
Published: 2012
Updated: Mar. 21, 2013
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Practicing What We Teach: A Self-Study in Implementing an Inquiry-Based Curriculum in a Middle Grades Classroom
Authors: Dias Michael, Eick Charles J., Brantley-Dias Laurie
This article describes the self study of Charles, a science teacher educator returned to teaching adolescents in a public school located in a rural area in the southeastern United States. The authors examined his beliefs and his abilities in practice by gaining first-hand, experiential knowledge through his efforts to implement a reform-based curriculum. The authors conclude that teachers must seek creative and varied ways for their students to learn science via relevant experiences that connect to student interests, utilizing more open forms of inquiry where appropriate.
Published: 2011
Updated: Sep. 09, 2012
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Dispositions Supporting Elementary Interns in the Teaching of Reform-Based Science Materials
Authors: Eick Charles J., Stewart Bethany
This article presents dispositions supporting the teaching of science as structured inquiry by four elementary candidates. Supportive dispositions included curiosity and questioning, investigating first-hand, learning together, and active learning. These dispositions supported early science teaching despite candidates limited science content knowledge, and may contribute to candidates’ further learning of science.
Published: 2010
Updated: May. 13, 2011
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Tailoring National Standards to Early Science Teacher Identities: Building on Personal Histories to Support Beginning Practice
Authors: Eick Charles J.
Individual recommendation plans (IRP) for student teaching practice were co-constructed with two methods students. The IRP was based on the select application of National Science Teachers Association’s National Standards for Science Teacher Preparation. The students completed a resume, an interview on pedagogical preferences, and a learning styles survey to determine the reform-based standards and pedagogical approaches that better fit their personal histories and identity formation as science teachers.
Published: 2009
Updated: Jun. 15, 2009