Abstract
Recently the "Green Paper" (Dawkins, 1987, p. 18) commented that a "better understanding of ... science by primary teachers" is needed, and it was proposed that a major discipline assessment of "teacher education in ... science" be undertaken. These remarks beg the question: "What do we know about the science education courses provided in preservice primary teacher education program mes? Two recent reviews of science teacher education (Owen et. al. 1983; Tisher, 1986) concluded that there was little written about preservice primary teacher education courses. Following the above review by Owen et. al. (1983), a major project in science in primary teacher education was conducted (Owen et. al. 1985). One aspect of this work surveyed the content and structure of preservice primary science courses in Victorian CAE's. This paper extends the data available on preservice primary science teacher education courses by analysing and comparing the espoused curricula of primary science curriculum units offered by eleven NSW tertiary institutions in 1985/7. Comparisons are made with the Victorian study.
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