New elementary teachers must consider the nature of science, aims of science education, science contents and science teaching materials, plans and performance of science instruction, learning environments of elementary school and evaluation of science...
New elementary teachers must consider the nature of science, aims of science education, science contents and science teaching materials, plans and performance of science instruction, learning environments of elementary school and evaluation of science learning. This paper prepared by reviewing some research papers and educationally academically accepted principles in science education. This paper presented some basic principles about elementary science education for beginning elementary teachers. Science is a inquiring process into the nature. Therefore science should be taught by inquiring methods. The inquiry methods included hands-on activity and mind-on activity, which were experimenting, observing, thinking, discussing, and communicating. Beginning elementary teachers could have their expertise by supervising their science instructions. One of the supervising methods was videotaping their science instructions and reviewing them. The reviewing points were obtaining science education goals, the effectiveness of used teaching and learning materials, and students' involvement.