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Promoting Critical Thinking and Inquiry through Maps in Elementary Classrooms
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McCall, Ava L. – Social Studies, 2011
This article encourages elementary teachers to offer opportunities for their students to critically analyze maps as part of powerful geography instruction in order to help them become well-informed and civic-minded citizens. The article reviews challenges to powerful geography instruction, including traditional geography textbooks and pedagogy and…
Descriptors: Geography Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
Closing the Gap.
Harris, Judy J. – Momentum, 1990
Describes a program placing college juniors in elementary school classrooms as part of their teacher methods courses. Stresses the importance of communication with and involvement by the school teachers and administrators in implementing such programs. Presents summary results of the program's qualitative evaluation. (PAA)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, College Juniors, College School Cooperation, Colleges
Alternative Constructions of the Reasonable: Principles and Situations in Learning about Science Teaching.
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MacDonald, Dougal – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1994
Explores one possible explanation for why student teaching of elementary science diverges from principles emphasized in methods courses. The explanation explored states that a student teacher in the classroom is influenced mainly by immediate situational analysis, rather than principles emphasized in coursework. (LZ)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers
Preservice Teachers in Secondary Social Studies: Examining Conceptions and Practices.
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Wilson, Elizabeth K.; And Others – Theory and Research in Social Education, 1994
Reports on a study of 11 preservice teachers' beliefs and practices about secondary social studies education. Finds that the preservice teachers held positive conceptions about social studies, stressing active learning techniques and knowledge construction. (ACM)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Classroom Environment, Curriculum Development, Methods Courses
Standards in the Methods Class, an Example.
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Wesson, James B.; Lawhorn, Cynthia – Arithmetic Teacher, 1992
Shares an experience from a mathematics methods course for elementary teachers that used concrete materials to teach the concept of rounding in different bases. Discusses how this experience modeled recommendations by the NCTM "Professional Teaching Standards" in creating classroom climate and conducting discussion. (MDH)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Science in the Trenches: An Exploration of Four Pre-Service Teachers' First Attempts at Teaching Science in the Classroom
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Black, Kathie – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2004
This paper explores four students' attempts at teaching science in the real world classroom during their initial student teaching practicum, including their struggles and successes. When pre-service teachers enter their initial practicum experience they are confronted with differing teaching philosophies of their own, their university professors,…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Practicums, Methods Courses
Gender Equity and the Inclusive Classroom: Working Together.
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Savitz, Fred – 1997
This paper is composed of three sections: "A Brief History"; "A Litany of Transgressions"; and "A Quest for Egalitarianism: Strategies and Techniques for Fairness in Inclusive Classrooms." In the first section, projects and resources are mentioned as data that chronicle the legacy of gender inequity. The second section provides a list of…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Females