Chapter 7: Interdisciplinary Curriculum Planning in a College Course

This chapter describes the interdisciplinary collaborative planning and subsequent implementation of a standards-based physical science course for preservice elementary teachers. Perspectives of a science teacher educator, elementary practitioners, and university faculty from geology, chemistry, and physics informed the work. Varied and sustained efforts to obtain formative and summative evaluation data are described. Results across several semesters were consistently positive. Conclusions and implications are suggested.