that United States (US) kindergarten through fourth grade (i.e., 5 to 10 years of age
[K-4]) preservice elementary teachers have positive attitudes toward mammals and
negative attitudes toward reptiles, amphibians and almost all invertebrates (Wagler,
2010). These attitudes affect their beliefs about what specific animal information
they plan to include in their future science classroom with the vast majority of
preservice elementary teachers planning to include mammal information and not
information about reptiles, amphibians and almost all invertebrates(Wagler, 2010).
This is problematic because approximately 99% of Earth’s species are invertebrates
(Johnson, 2003) and many ecosystem processes involve reptiles, amphibians and
invertebrates. Currently, nothing is known about the attitudes and beliefs preservice
middle school (i.e., 5th-8th grade [5-8]; 10 to 15 years of age) science teachers have
toward animals and how these attitudes and beliefs impact their role as future
teachers. This is an important group of future teachers to evaluate because after
completing grades K-4 students’ progress to grades 5-8 where they experience
increasingly complex concepts associated with biodiversity and ecosystem
processes.
The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the US
preservice middle school science teacher variables of attitude toward an animal;
belief concerning likelihood of incorporating information about that animal into
their future science classroom (henceforth referred to as “likelihood of
incorporation”) and the characteristics of US preservice middle school science
teachers. These observed characteristics included preservice middle school science
teacher gender; preservice middle school science teacher age; the number of college
biological science courses (with an animal biodiversity component) the preservice
middle school science teacher has taken and the preservice middle school science
teacher’s preference to teach biological science or physical science when they are an
inservice middle school teacher.
that United States (US) kindergarten through fourth grade (i.e., 5 to 10 years of age[K-4]) preservice elementary teachers have positive attitudes toward mammals andnegative attitudes toward reptiles, amphibians and almost all invertebrates (Wagler,2010). These attitudes affect their beliefs about what specific animal informationthey plan to include in their future science classroom with the vast majority ofpreservice elementary teachers planning to include mammal information and notinformation about reptiles, amphibians and almost all invertebrates(Wagler, 2010).This is problematic because approximately 99% of Earth’s species are invertebrates(Johnson, 2003) and many ecosystem processes involve reptiles, amphibians andinvertebrates. Currently, nothing is known about the attitudes and beliefs preservicemiddle school (i.e., 5th-8th grade [5-8]; 10 to 15 years of age) science teachers havetoward animals and how these attitudes and beliefs impact their role as futureteachers. This is an important group of future teachers to evaluate because aftercompleting grades K-4 students’ progress to grades 5-8 where they experienceincreasingly complex concepts associated with biodiversity and ecosystemprocesses.The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between the USpreservice middle school science teacher variables of attitude toward an animal;belief concerning likelihood of incorporating information about that animal intotheir future science classroom (henceforth referred to as “likelihood of
incorporation”) and the characteristics of US preservice middle school science
teachers. These observed characteristics included preservice middle school science
teacher gender; preservice middle school science teacher age; the number of college
biological science courses (with an animal biodiversity component) the preservice
middle school science teacher has taken and the preservice middle school science
teacher’s preference to teach biological science or physical science when they are an
inservice middle school teacher.
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