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By teaching inquiry-based lessons alongside preservice teachers in elementary classrooms, Leslie Bradbury learned more about the realities of the elementary grade teaching context. To facilitate this process she worked with students to prepare lessons, peer-teach them in the methods class, and co-teach them in elementary school classrooms. Preservice teachers participating in the experience appreciated the ideas that they shared while working with others, the insights that they gained from peer teaching, and the realizations that they came to about preparation. Dr. Bradbury increased her understanding of the developmental level of elementary students, the importance of modeling higher-level questioning, and new uses of instructional technology.
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Bradbury, L.U. (2014). Gaining a New Perspective: Co-teaching with Elementary Preservice Teachers. In: Dias, M., Eick, C., Brantley-Dias, L. (eds) Science Teacher Educators as K-12 Teachers. ASTE Series in Science Education, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6763-8_16
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