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Shaw, Donita Massengill; Mahlios, Marc – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2011
This paper reports on a study of pre-service elementary teachers' metaphors of "literacy" and "teaching literacy" at the commencement and conclusion of a year-long literacy methods course at a Midwestern American university. Over a three-year period, a total of 47 participants enrolled in the two-semester literacy methods…
Descriptors: Practicums, Methods Courses, Literacy Education, Teaching Methods
Chang, Sau Hou – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this article is to compare and contrast the elementary education programs at University of Macau and Indiana University Southeast. A comparison of the program structures looked at the program standards, credit hours, degree offered, completion requirements, and academic departments offering the courses. A comparison of the program…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Education, Comparative Analysis, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Brock, Cynthia H.; Moore, Dorothy K.; Parks, Laura – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2007
The context for this investigation was an undergraduate literacy methods course taught by Cindy, the first author of this manuscript. A central course goal was to prepare pre-service teachers to provide effective literacy instruction for children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The focus of this study was an examination of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Methods Courses, Literacy, Preservice Teacher Education
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Jones, Ithel; Lake, Vickie E.; Dagli, Ummuhan – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2005
The study examined the integration of science and mathematics methods courses and preservice teachers' understanding of constructivism. The participants were 50 preservice teachers who were enrolled in early childhood education mathematics and science methods courses, and an early childhood practicum. The two methods courses were integrated and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Early Childhood Education
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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
Taylor, Nancy E.; And Others – 1994
This paper reports program changes in the junior year internship that were made to bring practice closer to the theoretical goals of the Catholic University of America's teacher education program in Washington, D.C. The changes had the goal of increasing the quality and scope of education students' thinking about education, and they involved…
Descriptors: College Juniors, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary Education, Experiential Learning