Amazon.com description: Product Description: If you re teaching an introductory science education course in a college or university, Readings in Science Methods, K 8, with its blend of theory, research, and examples of best practices, can serve as your only text, your primary text, or a supplemental text. If you re a preservice teacher, you ll want a copy for its insights into how you can effectively teach science. If you re a practicing teacher, this book will refresh what you already know and could lead you into new and fruitful approaches. And if you re an administrator, this is the perfect professional development tool as a reference for your staff. The book is a generously sized compendium of articles drawn from NSTA s middle and elementary level journals, Science Scope and Science and Children. Editor Eric Brunsell teaches his methods courses using only the articles the voice of the classroom teacher, he says. Brunsell has chosen the best journal articles, tested each in the classroom, and organized them into seven sections each supplemented with its own insightful introduction and action steps. The Nature of Science and Science Inquiry Teaching Science Science for All Science-Teaching Toolbox Teaching Life and Environmental Science Teaching Physical Science Teaching Earth and Space Science