Explorations in Elementary School Science: Practice and Theory, K-8

by Erminia Pedretti, Katherine Bellomo, Susan Jagger

Explorations in Elementary School Science successfully merges practice and theory together to provide teacher candidates with a valuable resource as they begin their career as an elementary science teacher in Canada. As teachers of science, authors Erminia Pedretti, Katherine Bellomo, and Susan Jagger created this resource to provide teacher candidates with essential knowledge, pedagogy, and skills to be successful in a contemporary science classroom, and to equip them with tools to critique, re-imagine, and transform the elementary science experience for children.  Explorations incorporates a broad range of education research perspectives and activities to support teacher candidates as they explore their beliefs, improve their pedagogical knowledge, and develop their judgement and decision making skills with respect to teaching and pedagogy. 

Kindle Edition

Published February 4, 2014

Reviews

[Bekah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a textbook for my science education course, and I fully enjoyed reading it. The authors explored teaching science in a Canadian context, including information on how to encourage curiosity and inquiry and make cross-curricular connections. They also discussed how to present science to students in a way that reduces anxiety and respects students’ cultural identities. It had some practical chapters on designing instruction as well. I will definitely refer to this textbook in the future when I teach elementary school.