This guide for elementary science teacher educators outlines the theory, principles, and strategies they need to know in order to plan and carry out instruction for future elementary science teachers, and provides classroom examples anchored to those principles. The book is grounded in the theoretical framework of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK).

This state-of-the art research Handbook provides a comprehensive, coherent, current synthesis of the empirical and theoretical research concerning teaching and learning in science and lays down a foundation upon which future research can be built.aa aaaaaa The contributors, all leading experts in their research areas, represent the international and gender diversity that exists in the science education research community.a a As a whole, the Handbook of Research on Science Education demonstrates that science education is alive and well and illustrates its vitality. It is an essential resource for the entire science education community, including veteran and emerging researchers, university faculty, graduate students, practitioners in the schools, and science education professionals outside of universities. The National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) endorses the Handbook of Research on Science Education as an important and valuable synthesis of the current knowledge in the field of science education by leading individuals in the field.a For more information on NARST, please visit: http: //www.narst.org/."