1.0The Hechinger Reporthttps://hechingerreport.orgLillian Mongeau Hugheshttps://hechingerreport.org/author/lillian-mongeau/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="orEJ26V51k"><a href="https://hechingerreport.org/preschool-teachers-feel-science-matters-new-research-finds/">How preschool teachers feel about science matters, new research finds</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://hechingerreport.org/preschool-teachers-feel-science-matters-new-research-finds/embed/#?secret=orEJ26V51k" width="600" height="338" title="“How preschool teachers feel about science matters, new research finds” — The Hechinger Report" data-secret="orEJ26V51k" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://i2.wp.com/hechingerreport.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Lillian-Mongeau_LTN1_photo-4.jpg?fit=3379%2C2262&ssl=133792262Whether or not preschool teachers offer science lessons and activities in their classrooms depends largely on how comfortable they are in the topic, according to new research from Michigan State University. Teachers in the study “were very nervous that they were going to teach science inaccurately to children,” said Hope Gerde, an associate professor of […]