2013 Volume 53 Issue 3 Pages 497-521
An educational activity for undergraduates was held to train them to become elementary school teachers who can conduct science classes that include observation and experiments. An activity was designed to acquire ideas and objects to produce and provide classes in "Science Education Study", using teaching materials for experiments in the Matter/Energy field, for qualification as first grade elementary school teachers. Although the practice course was difficult for students, the mean of evaluation of six lessons exceeded 4.5 in all items on a five-point Likert scale. Moreover, the self-evaluation (five-point scale) of confidence in instructing each unit was an average of 2.9 before taking the lessons, indicating that they did not have much confidence initially, but the average became 3.9 after the practice course. This practice seemed to satisfy all participants who wished to become elementary school teachers. It is also expected to guarantee a minimum standard of teacher capability in the limited time allocated for the course.
