1. Beginning Elementary Science Teachers: Developing Professional Knowledge During a Limited Mentoring Experience

   • Brenda Gustafson
   • Sandra Guilbert
   • Dougal MacDonald

   OriginalPaper Pages: 281 - 302

2. Why Students May not Learn to Interpret Scientific Inscriptions

   • G. Michael Bowen
   • Wolff-Michael Roth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 327

3. Preservice Teacher Attitudes and Emotions: Individual Spaces, Community Conversations and Transformations

   • Michalinos Zembylas
   • Heidi Bulmahn Barker

   OriginalPaper Pages: 329 - 351

4. Studying Career Science Teachers' Personal Histories: A Methodology for Understanding Intrinsic Reasons for Career Choice and Retention

   • Charles J. Eick

   OriginalPaper Pages: 353 - 372

5. A Study of the Development of the Concept of Mechanical Stability in Preschool Children

   • Yannis Hadzigeorgiou

   OriginalPaper Pages: 373 - 391

6. Science Activities That Work: Perceptions of Primary School Teachers

   • Ken Appleton

   OriginalPaper Pages: 393 - 410