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Jana Bosmans; Jill Debaillie; Toon Dehandschutter; Tom Madou; Phillip Ward; Peter Iserbyt – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2024
Teacher education programs need to prepare future teachers to adapt their teaching for students varying in motor ability, experience, and prior knowledge. The purpose of this case study was to examine (a) preservice teachers (PSTs) adaptations in lesson plans; (b) whether the adaptations were modifications or refinements; and (c) the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Lesson Plans, Methods Courses, Curriculum Development
Ende, Alayla – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this teacher-practitioner research study was to examine how elementary teacher candidates engaged in sensemaking about the learning process within the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and to further examine how they engaged in sensemaking about NGSS teaching and curriculum development. Interviews and course artifacts from 14…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Methods Courses, Academic Standards, Preservice Teachers
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Brown, Michael; Rodríguez, Noreen Naseem; Updegraff, Amy – Learning, Media and Technology, 2023
The curriculum marketplace Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT) claims that 85% of educators in the United States use the site. Despite substantial evidence that TPT offers low quality materials, little research has explored the impact of TPT on curriculum-making. We analyze 76 TPT seller sites from assignments submitted by teacher candidates in an…
Descriptors: Teacher Collaboration, Curriculum Development, Teacher Developed Materials, Assignments
Marhefka, Elaine – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Harmful oversights remain in elementary social studies curricula which overlook or misrepresent minoritized communities. This dissertation explores designs for teacher education which address these oversights through community collaborations. This multi-manuscript dissertation is an empirical-conceptual inquiry design (Cochran-Smith & Lytle,…
Descriptors: Place Based Education, Misconceptions, Elementary Education, Teacher Education
Michael Levicky – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This action research study honors teacher-as-researcher and utilizes qualitative methods of data collection alongside emergent design to study arts-integrated teaching and learning at a mid-sized Midwestern university in a social studies methods course. The thinking and learning of both pre-service teachers and the teacher educator/researcher are…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Methods Courses, Art Education, Integrated Curriculum
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Colleen Hamilton; Xiaoning Chen – Dimensions, 2024
In this paper, we bridge fields of English as a Second Language, Bilingual, and World Language teacher education through curricular innovation in methods coursework for future Chinese language teachers. We apply a language curricularization framework to analyze theoretical, ideological, political, and contextual factors underlying connections and…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Pimthong, Pattamaporn; Williams, P. John – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2021
A STEM methods course was developed for undergraduate preservice teachers at the faculty of education. The course model design had three phases: 1) review of the STEM literature and conceptual considerations, 2) planning of the STEM methods course, and 3) evaluation by experts and revision based on their feedback. Research literature and other…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, STEM Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Pace, Judith L. – Social Education, 2021
With the eruption of political, racial, and pandemic-related conflicts and unprecedented threats to U.S. democracy, educators have raised their voices about the need to teach controversial issues in social studies classrooms. However many teachers feel unprepared to take up this challenging practice. They may also avoid it because they fear loss…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses
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Kelly O. Byrd; Susan Ferguson – Educational Process: International Journal, 2024
Background/purpose: The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify strengths and deficits of alternative teacher certification programs, with particular emphasis on approaches to strengthening mathematical content knowledge and pedagogy. Materials/methods: Six participants included both teacher candidates enrolled in internship in the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teaching Methods, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Dalvi, Tejaswini; Silva Mangiante, Elaine; Wendell, Kristen – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
The Next Generation Science Standards articulate a new vision for K-12 science learning that engages students in disciplinary practices to encourage deeper participation in and understandings of science and engineering. Teacher educators have a major responsibility in helping pre-service teachers (PSTs) develop knowledge of these practices and…
Descriptors: Criticism, Educational Change, Curriculum Development, Preservice Teachers
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Seiki, Sumer; Domínguez, Daniela; Asato, Jolynn – LEARNing Landscapes, 2021
In this case study, we explore ways to prepare preservice teachers to translate theory into practice and make science curriculum accessible through familial curriculum. Using her "Family Science Lesson Planning" assignment sequence, Sumer taught preservice teachers the theory of transformative curriculum making (Seiki, 2016), and guided…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Science Curriculum
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Barros, Sandro; Domke, Lisa M.; Symons, Carrie; Ponzio, Christina – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2021
In the past decade, researchers have argued for translanguaging as an instructional approach that radically re-conceptualizes educators' views on multilingualism as an asset. Teacher education programs play a pivotal role in preparing teachers who enact this vision. Research on teachers' receptivity to translanguaging's epistemological…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Song, SunYung – TESL-EJ, 2022
Although the number of emergent bilinguals (EBs), also known as English language learners (ELLs) in U.S. K-12 schools is growing at an increasing rate, K-12 mainstream teachers remain predominantly white and monolingual and receive little training for working with such learners. In addition, many states mandate "English-only" policies…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Elementary School Students