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"I Actually Learned a Lot from This": A Field Assignment to Prepare Future Preservice Math Teachers for Culturally Diverse Classrooms
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Downey, Jayne A.; Cobbs, Georgia A. – School Science and Mathematics, 2007
Teacher education programs are cognizant of the need to prepare preservice teachers (PTs) to work effectively with children from diverse cultural backgrounds. Well-constructed field experiences can help PTs develop awareness and gain understanding of important cultural considerations related to effective teaching and learning (Sleeter, 2001). This…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Instructional Innovation, Cultural Pluralism
Research into Practice: The Use of a Student Teaching Study to Develop and Improve Mathematics Methods Courses for Preservice Teachers.
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Joyner, Virginia Green – School Science and Mathematics, 1991
The results of questionnaires given designed to provide information on the effect of student teaching on the attitudes and career interests of secondary mathematics preservice teachers are presented. The recommendations/suggestions obtained from the questionnaires concerning the secondary mathematics and middle school methods courses and a copy of…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Higher Education, Mathematics Education, Methods Courses