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Nisar Ahmed Dahri; Noraffandy Yahaya; Waleed Mugahed Al-Rahmi; Abeer S. Almogren; Muhammad Saleem Vighio – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Mobile learning has ushered in a transformative era in education, compelling educational institutions to reimagine their pedagogical approaches. This shift is particularly evident in teacher training programs, where mobile learning is increasingly integrated into traditional education. The success of these integrated systems hinges on educators'…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Kenny, John – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
This paper reports on the effectiveness of a professional partnership approach to preparing pre-service primary teachers to teach science. The study involved final year BEd pre-service primary teachers at the University of Tasmania, each working in the class of a volunteer colleague teacher. The programme provided an authentic science teaching…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Teachers
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Liu, Fuchang – Education, 2008
This study investigated the impact of online discussion of anxiety towards teaching mathematics (ATTM) on elementary teacher candidates' ATTM. Participants (N = 39) in elementary mathematics methods classes completed Anxiety Towards Teaching Mathematics Questionnaire immediately before and after 8 weeks of online discussion of ATTM. It was found…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Mathematics Instruction, Anxiety
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Sibaya, Duduzile; Sibaya, Patrick – Perspectives in Education, 2008
The introduction of the new teacher education model that includes competences and educator roles has marked a major change in teacher preparation programmes. The purpose of this study was to ascertain how novice educators perceive the new teacher education programme, that is, to find out whether novice educators perceive the teacher education…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Models, Standards, Beginning Teachers
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Goebel, Camille A.; Umoja, Aminata; DeHaan, Robert L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2009
Undergraduate college "science partners" provided content knowledge and a supportive atmosphere for K-5 teachers in a university-school professional development partnership program in science instruction. The Elementary Science Education Partners program, a Local Systemic Change initiative supported by the National Science Foundation,…
Descriptors: Teacher Empowerment, Elementary School Science, College Students, Mentors
Stokes, Laura; St. John, Mark – Inverness Research, 2008
The National Writing Project (NWP) is the nation's premier professional development network dedicated to improving the teaching of writing. The NWP network comprises nearly 200 local sites in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. This report presents the results of a seven-year survey study of teachers participating in NWP summer…
Descriptors: National Competency Tests, Teaching Experience, Faculty Development, Summer Programs
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Brownlee, Joanne; Chak, Amy – Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, 2007
Twenty-one in-service early childhood students participated in a teaching practicum in Australia as part of the final year of a Bachelor of Arts in Hong Kong. Students spent two weeks visiting a university and early childhood settings in Australia. The university based component of the program included workshops and discussions with lecturing…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Practicums, Teacher Education Programs
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Black, Beverly; Bonwell, Charles – History Teacher, 1991
Discusses the lack of teacher training provided for teaching assistants in history departments. Argues that emphasis on research and publication is misplaced because most new Ph.D.s will be teaching rather than publishing. Urges teacher training to prepare graduate students for their chosen profession and to improve undergraduate education. (DK)
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Higher Education, History Instruction
Moyer, Patricia S.; Husman, Jenefer – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2006
Teacher education programs provide many environments and experiences in an effort to support elementary preservice teacher development. Ultimately the goal is to transform the student into the teacher. Students enter teacher education programs focused on their present education, grades, and getting that long-sought-after degree; by selecting a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Program Effectiveness
Feiman-Nemser, Sharon; Buchmann, Margret – 1983
The limitations and unique contributions of experiential learning across the learning-to-teach continuum (pretraining phase, preservice phase, inservice phase/on-the-job learning) were examined. Three vignettes are presented that describe specific examples of firsthand experience: student teaching, exploratory field experiences, and the field as a…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Experiential Learning, Field Experience Programs, Foundations of Education
Gordon, Howard R. D.; Yocke, Richard – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this study was to determine how career and technical education teachers(CTE) in West Virginia perceived the impact of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. A purposive sample was used to select thirty-seven (N=37) career and technical education teachers from five Southern West Virginia vocational schools. The data collection…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Vocational Schools, Teaching Experience
Zeichner, Kenneth M. – 1984
There continues to be a great deal of debate about the role that field experiences play in teacher development and about the relative contribution of various individual and institutional factors to the socialization process. Field experiences in teacher education entail a complex set of interactions among program features, settings, and people…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Individual Development
Pigge, Fred L. – 1984
This document presents a summary of follow-up evaluation studies of basic and advanced education graduates, conducted by the Office of Educational Research and Services at Bowling Green State University (Ohio) over the last few years. (The university's evaluative follow-up endeavors have been closely tied to a needs assessment model, and a major…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Competence, Education Majors, Evaluation Criteria
Garmon, M. Arthur – 1993
This paper reports the findings of a year-long study of 11 preservice teachers' perceptions of the first year of a teacher preparation program. These students were interviewed individually at least four times, and reported that learning concrete teaching methods was one of the most valuable aspects of their preparation because these methods could…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs
Chase, Sue; And Others – 1996
A recurring theme in the social literature is the perceived gap between what faculty in higher education view as the goals of and preferred methods for teaching social studies and those valued and applied by practicing social studies teachers. In 1990, Ohio State University began planning an intensive school-university collaboration in the form of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Faculty Development