Enhancing Professional Knowledge of Pre-Service Science Teacher Education by Self-Study Research

Forward: Building on Findings from Self-Studies in Science Education, John Loughran.- Part I Introduction: Self-Studies and Science Education.- Garnering the Understandings Emerging from Self-Studies in Science Teacher Education, Gayle A. Buck, Valarie L. Akerson and Brent Gilles.- Self Study in Pre-Service Science Teacher Education, Allan Feldman.- Part II Self-Studies and Science Content Courses for Teachers.- Promoting Student Agency in Science Inquiry: A Self-Study of Relational Pedagogical Practices in Science Teacher Education, Amy Trauth-Nare, Gayle A. Buck & Nicole Beeman-Cadwallader.- Using Self-Study to Learn to Teach Genetics to Pre-Service Teachers for Understanding and for Teaching, Eunice Nyamupangedengu.- Using Self-Study to Evaluate a Pedagogical Approach for Navigating Conflicts in a Science Content Course for Preservice Teachers, Sarah Quebec Fuentes & Mark Bloom.- Exploring our Theoretical and Practical Understanding of Enthusiasm in Science Teaching: A Self-Study of Elementary Teacher Preparation, Brent Gilles & Gayle A. Buck.- Response of Section II: Practicing, Modeling, and Influencing Approaches to Teaching - A Commentary, Michael Bowen.- Part III Self-Studies and Elementary Science Methods Courses.- Evolving Goals, Pedagogies, and Identities as an Elementary Science Teacher Educator: Prioritizing Practice, Elizabeth A. Davis.- Our Journey of Understanding through Lesson Study, Stephen Marble, Michael Kamen, Gilbert Naizer & Molly Weinburgh.- How Science Teacher Educators of Color Conceptualize and Operationalize their Pedagogy in Science Methods Courses, Karthigeyan Subramaniam, Sumreen Asim, Eun Young Lee & Kia S. Rideaux.- Uncertainties of Learning to Teach Elementary Science Methods Using Engineering Design: A Science Teacher Educator's Self-Study, Brenda M. Capobianco.- Response of Section III: Self-Studies of Elementary Science Teacher Education: Insights, Implications, and Future Research Directions, Lucy Avraamidou.- Part IV Self-Studies and Secondary Science Methods Courses.- Experiences with Activities Developing Pre-Service Science Teacher Data Literacy, G. Michael Bowen, Anthony Bartley, Leo MacDonald & Ann Sherman.- Going Beyond the Status Quo: A Longitudinal Self-Study of a School Based Science Teacher Preparation Program, Nidaa Makki & Gary Holliday.- Biology Student Teachers' Reflections in Eportfolios as a Trigger for Self-Study of a Teacher Educator, Lindsey N. Connor.- Response of Section IV, Gillian Roehrig.- Part V. Self-studies and the Preparation of Future Science Teacher Educators.- Finding the Means to Initiate and Sustain a Teacher Educator's Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) Development in Science Education, Anne Hume.- Trash or Treasure? Re-conceptualizing My Ruins as a Tool for Re-Imagining the Nature of Science Teacher Education, Maria F.G. Wallace.- Supporting New Members as They Transition into our Science Educational Community of Practice, Gayle A. Buck & Valarie L. Akerson.- Developing Knowledge of Practice through Self-Study: Becoming a Science Teacher Educator, Jennifer Mansfield, John Loughran & Gillian Kidman.- Response to Section V: Reflections on Self-Studies and the Preparation of Future Science Teacher Educators, Justin Dillon.- VI. Epilogue.- Here's Looking at You Kid: When the Researcher Becomes the Sample, Norman G. Lederman & Judith S. Lederman.- Turning a Critical Eye on Our Practice: Influence of Current Stories, Valarie L. Akerson & Gayle A. Buck.- VIII. Afterward, Joanne K. Olson.- Index.