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Amador, Julie M.; Carter, Ingrid; Hudson, Rick A. – Action in Teacher Education, 2016
Recent research in mathematics education has highlighted the importance of teachers' abilities to professionally notice students' thinking. This study examined what preservice teachers professionally notice during lesson study to further describe their attention to students' mathematical thinking, their interpretations about students' reasoning,…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Thinking Skills
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Deaton, Cynthia C. Minchew; Deaton, Benjamin; Koballa, Thomas – Action in Teacher Education, 2014
This multiple case study examined the reflections of elementary teachers as they taught science to English language learners (ELLs). The six participants in this study developed explanations about their science teaching with ELLs as they engaged in reflective practice using video-based tools during a professional development experience. Open…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Reflection, Science Instruction, Educational Practices
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Lohfink, Gayla; Morales, Amanda; Shroyer, Gail; Yahnke, Sally – Action in Teacher Education, 2012
Using a case study design, this investigation examined the effective teaching characteristics of nontraditional, culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) student teachers placed in rural, elementary schools with high populations of Latino/a students. Data collected reflected high percentages of effective teaching characteristics in multiple…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Student Teachers, Hispanic American Students, Case Studies
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Friedman, Audrey; Schoen, Lea – Action in Teacher Education, 2009
Reflective practice is a major focus of teacher preparation programs (Cochran-Smith & Lytle, 1992; Putnam & Borko, 2000; Zeichner, 1986; Zeichner & Liston, 1987), yet Zeichner (1986) asserts that developing reflective practice in preservice teachers has focused primarily on short-term, less systematic interventions and that interventions must be…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Field Experience Programs, Reflective Teaching, Intervention
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Fadde, Peter J.; Aud, Susan; Gilbert, Sharon – Action in Teacher Education, 2009
Research and practice going back to the 1960s support the use of videotaping to facilitate preservice teachers' development of reflective teaching skills. Emerging research suggests that additional video-based activities, including editing video vignettes of teaching, can deepen preservice teachers' reflection. This action research study describes…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Action Research, Editing, Teaching Skills
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Barnett, Michael – Action in Teacher Education, 2008
Within the past few years, there have been numerous studies that suggest that preservice teachers need and want opportunities to observe, visit, interact, and collaboratively reflect with teachers who are attempting to implement reform-based teaching strategies. Unfortunately, for many schools of education, it is logistically difficult to locate a…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Beginning Teachers, Professional Development
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Yadav, Aman – Action in Teacher Education, 2008
Although much has been written about the use of video cases--particularly, video cases in teacher preparation programs in the United States--little is known about what the consumers of video cases (i.e., preservice teachers) think about such cases and how they are implemented in teacher education courses. This research investigated preservice…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum