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Direct linkMeredith Reinhart – School Science and Mathematics, 2024
Even though the "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS) were released over a decade ago, science is still infrequently taught in early childhood and elementary classrooms. A lack of teacher confidence due to inadequate content knowledge may be a contributing factor, making access to high-quality elementary science methods courses even…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Science Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
Pettis, Christy – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2022
This study describes the ways in which 36 preservice elementary teachers (PSETs) incorporated text into slides (n = 158) they designed for use with K-5 students during whole-group mathematics instruction. A qualitative content analysis was conducted to determine the extent and purposes for which the PSETs used slide text. Overall, 80% of slides…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Mathematics Instruction, Elementary School Teachers, Teaching Methods
Lauren Barth-Cohen; Tracy E. Dobie; José F. Gutiérrez; Rachel Carlsruh; Kevin Greenberg – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2024
This study investigates how preservice elementary teachers (PSTs) engage and reflect on two science disciplinary practices: engaging with representations and engaging in evidence-based arguments. In the context of elementary science, teachers blend multiple practices across curricular topics and instruction. However, studies of teachers' use of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Science Instruction, Educational Practices
Dooley, Caitlin McMunn; Mays, Lydia Criss – Teacher Educator, 2014
Service-learning provides community service as well as authentic, curriculum-driven learning experiences (Furco & Root, 2010) and has been an effective component of teacher education courses (García, Arias, Murri, & Surna, 2010; Mitton-Kukner, Nelson, & Descrochers, 2010; Spencer, Cox-Petersen, & Crawford, 2005). With these…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Service Learning, Learning Experience
Download full textGoodson-Espy, Tracy; Lynch-Davis, Kathleen; Schram, Pamela; Quickenton, Art – SRATE Journal, 2010
This paper describes the genesis and purpose of our geometry methods course, focusing on a geometry-teaching technology we created using NVIDIA[R] Chameleon demonstration. This article presents examples from a sequence of lessons centered about a 3D computer graphics demonstration of the chameleon and its geometry. In addition, we present data…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Computer Graphics
Slekar, Timothy D. – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2006
This article presents a portrait of practice of one social studies methods professor engaged in teaching his course and analyzes the choices the professor makes during the semester. These choices are linked to his philosophy of social studies education with particular attention paid to his passionate belief in the American story as the core of…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Social Studies
