General Science Teacher Education
The term "science education" refers to introducing students of all ages to the wonders of scientific inquiry and discovery. Science education encompasses research and practice in several subfields, including but not limited to the natural sciences, the social sciences, and the arts of instruction. The standards for science education lay out goals for students' learning from the beginning of their schooling through graduation and beyond. Physical, life, earth, and space sciences, as well as the humanities, are all included in the canonical curriculum. The goal of secondary-level general science teacher education (also called integrated science or science for simplicity in many countries or regions) is to prepare teachers to teach general science. The program typically lasts four to five years. It leads to a Bachelor of Education, which is offered as an undergraduate degree by a regular university (or education institute/university) or jointly by the faculties of education and science in a comprehensive university to attract graduates of secondary schools. Stakeholders (educational bureaucracies/school systems) impact the goals, objectives, and design of such science teacher preparation programs, in addition to the perspectives and experiences of the science educators working in the teacher education institution.