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Zipke, Marcy – New Educator, 2018
The reasons elementary teachers choose not to use technology are many and varied. One commonly cited reason is that preservice programs are struggling to adequately prepare future teachers (e.g., Brown & Warschauer, 2006). This article describes the efforts of one department of education to integrate more technology instruction. Although some…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Technology Integration, Educational Technology
Santoyo, Christina; Zhang, Shaoan – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2016
Teacher candidates (TCs) use clinical experiences to enact concepts taught in their university courses; therefore field experiences may be the most important component of teacher preparation (Hammerness et al., 2005). TCs require support and guidance as they learn to adapt curriculum materials for effective use in the classroom (Davis, 2006). They…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teachers, Lesson Plans, Field Experience Programs
Gormley, Kathleen A.; And Others – 1991
Future teachers were surveyed on their perceptions of the impact of their teacher preparation program upon their success in student teaching. Forty-one undergraduate elementary education majors were surveyed before and after the student teaching experience. Preliminary results suggest that prior to student teaching, these prospective teachers…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Methods Courses
McDermott, Peter C.; And Others – 1991
The study described here was conducted to examine the impact of reforms made to an elementary education program which include broadened supervised practicums experience for all education methods courses thereby creating a link between theory and practice. Specific attention was given to prospective teachers' perceptions of the usefulness of their…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Methods Courses
Wesley, Donald A.; Vocke, David E. – 1992
The study described in this presentation was conducted to survey the status of classroom discipline within the professional teacher education curriculum and to ascertain the perceptions of preservice teachers towards addressing discipline problems. Classroom discipline is examined in the following ways: (1) an analysis of contemporary literature;…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Discipline Problems, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Bouas, M. Jean – 1993
This study examined how methods courses affected preservice teachers' knowledge of and attitudes toward cooperative learning. Data were gathered utilizing a pre/post course attitude survey, a pre/post class true/false test, postclass interviews, and interviews conducted with subjects during their respective student teaching experiences.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Education, Higher Education