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Martel, Jason – TESOL Journal, 2021
Although the practice-based approach is gaining popularity in teacher preparation programs, the Master of Arts in TESOL (MATESOL) world is only beginning to engage with it, especially at the tertiary/adult level. Grounded in sociocultural principles of learning, practice-based teacher education involves guiding teacher candidates through studying,…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Masters Programs
Makemson, Justin – International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2021
Teaching complex studio processes requires methods beyond linear step-by-step instruction and methods more consistent with authentic studio practices. Instructors have to be able to deconstruct their own decision-making processes, processes that have become somewhat automatic through experience, and then use this insight to anticipate how learners…
Descriptors: Studio Art, Teaching Methods, Decision Making, Preservice Teachers
Hallman, Heidi; Deufel, Thompson – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2017
This article describes a method of storytelling that can assist novice teachers in moving toward "re-seeing" their stories of teaching not just as narratives of experience, but as sites for work to be done. The assignment novice teachers undertook as part of a methods class in the teaching of English language arts has the potential to be…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Methods Courses, Language Arts, Assignments
Wetig, Saundra – Educational Considerations, 2006
This author recognized that she needed to revisit her preservice teachers' practicum experience to reassess her goals, ideas, and priorities regarding how to provide a quality teaching and learning experience of her preservice teachers. As the author reflected on the practicum experience, she identified the missing link--reciprocity. The practicum…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Methods Courses, Preservice Teacher Education, Service Learning
California State Coll., PA. School of Education. – 1974
Five western Pennsylvania state colleges developed a consortium agreement, WES.C.T.E.C. (Western State College's Teacher Education Center), to operate a teaching center at the district's Centennial Elementary School. The purpose of the teaching center was to involve elementary education students in a year-long field experience in which methodology…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Consortia, Field Experience Programs, Methods Courses
Colvin, A. Vonnie – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2007
In order to prepare outstanding teachers, it is essential to provide opportunities for teacher candidates to use the theory learned in the college classroom in a "real physical education class." It is difficult to accomplish this when the university has so many physical education teacher education (PETE) majors that they overwhelm a…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Physical Education, Majors (Students)
Busch, Iris; Blackson, Erin – Learning Languages, 2005
When designing a foreign language methods course, one important consideration should be the manner in which theory is connected with practical experiences, thus giving students an opportunity to use newly-gained knowledge in an actual classroom setting. Most children in Delaware's public schools are not exposed to foreign languages until they…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, College Students, After School Programs, Spanish

Ferguson, Patrick – Action in Teacher Education, 1990
This article describes an effort to employ cooperative team learning (CTL), specifically the Jigsaw technique, as a vehicle for helping prospective middle school teachers enrolled in a social studies methods course translate theory into practice. Recommendations are made for broader implementation of CTL in middle school teacher education…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Methods Courses, Middle Schools

Hillkirk, Keith; Dupuis, Victor L. – Teacher Educator, 1989
This article describes the design, development, and outcomes of a curriculum module entitled, "The Teaching Biography of (Student Name)." This student-centered methods-practicum course was designed to foster reflection and individual and group inquiry into both the ends and means of education. (IAH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Methods Courses, Practicums
Brinton, Donna M.; Holten, Christine – 1988
An adaptation of the dialog journal technique, used for teacher training purposes, is described. The journals were used as medium of communication between novice teachers of English as a second language and their supervisors in a field practicum course. Journals were studied to quantify the types of student comments made, and to track the changes…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, English (Second Language), Higher Education, Language Teachers

Hodges, Carol – Journal of Teacher Education, 1982
The views and actions of five preservice teachers who taught reading in a special practicum (with no cooperating teachers) were studied to determine how that experience affected the views they espoused after taking a methods course in reading. The student teachers' views did change; researchers suggest that reading methods courses be integrated…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Change, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education

Ferguson, Patrick – Journal of Teacher Education, 1989
This article describes efforts to help prospective teachers take a reflective approach to the translation of theory into practice through a practicum experience in a social studies methods course. Also described are the knowledge base and procedures for the course. An assessment of the outcomes is related. (IAH)
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Course Content, Higher Education, Instruction
Karagianis, L. D.; Nesbit, W. C. – Education Canada, 1979
This article describes Memorial University's overseas campus program in Harlow, Essex, where special education teacher trainees spend 13 weeks gaining insight into British methods of special education through lecture-seminar courses, practicums in local schools, and field trips. Three field trips to special schools are discussed in detail. (SJL)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Exceptional Child Education, Field Trips, Higher Education
Anderson, Jeanne; Fox, Susan; Weisenburger, Christine; McAuliff, Michael; Arentz, Beth – 2002
This document is a PowerPoint presentation intended for K-12 public school educators, administrators, and policy analysts as well as college and university educators involved or interested in teacher preparation programs. The presentation chronicles the partnership between Oswego State University and Parish Elementary School in north central New…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Methods Courses
Olszewski, William; And Others – 1991
This article describes a teacher education program, "Studies in Educational Alternatives" (S.E.A.), at Mankato State University (Minnesota). The program is committed to personalization and practicum experiences as major components of teacher preparation. The document discusses: (1) program design; (2) admission processes; (3)…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
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