Faculty: Professors Betty Young and Kathleen Gugliemi and Coordinator Sally Beauman
School of Education
STA: Nicholas Counts, Heather Gosack, and Andrew Leveilee
Date: 2006

The CAREERS research project will advance the Teachers in training knowledge base on preparation and induction of elementary science teachers by examining teacher learning and the effects of professional development at the pre-service level over time. A team that includes science educators, district-based scholar-practitioners and teachers,psychologists, and research scientists

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collaborates to conduct and disseminate its results for academic and school-based audiences. conduct and disseminate its results for academic and school-based audiences.

CAREERS Teachers in training will provide key information concerning the pre-service instruction and district support that are needed to develop highly qualified elementary teachers of science. The findings of the on-going research are intended for both academic and practitioner audiences. The interdisciplinary nature of the research team invites the significant contributions in several fields: teacher education (pre-service and in-service), science education, adult education, and psychology.

The STA support for this has been video taping of classroom instruction. The tape is then edited and meta-data attached by either the STAs and/or CAREERS team. The meta-data attaches tags for archival and retrieval of video clips.