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Martin, Elaine Luna – Education, 2011
Ecofeminist science pedagogy has received scant attention in the educational literature. This article presents an ecofeminism framework for the teaching of college-level botany courses. This didactic approach emphasizes women's experiences, appreciation for the accomplishments of women in science, connection to real world learning exercises, group…
Descriptors: Feminism, Botany, College Science, Science Instruction
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Bronson, Carroll E.; Dentith, Audrey M. – Education, 2014
This paper describes an ethnographic case study of a partner or co-teaching classroom in an urban preschool classroom. As part of a larger project that evaluated classroom size and team teaching structures in Kindergarten classrooms in several high poverty urban schools, one successful co-teaching classroom was studied further. Systematic…
Descriptors: Teaching Models, Teaching Methods, Team Teaching, Teacher Collaboration
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Dikmenli, Musa – Education, 2010
In recent years, biodiversity has received a great deal of attention worldwide, especially in environmental education. The reasons for this attention are the increase of human activities on biodiversity and environmental problems. The purpose of this study is to investigate biology student teachers' conceptual frameworks regarding biodiversity.…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Environmental Education, Association Measures, Ecology
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Nichols, Joe; Dowdy, Alana; Nichols, Cindy – Education, 2010
As educational leaders continue to struggle with the "Highly Qualified Teacher" mandate of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, many are turning to co-teaching models that are designed to incorporate regular education and special education teachers into the same classroom to deliver instruction. This model appears to address the…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Teaching Models, Federal Legislation, Disabilities
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Patton, Barba A.; Fry, Jane; Klages, Carol – Education, 2008
"I really don't like mathematics, but I can teach it to elementary students without any problem." These words are frequently voiced by elementary teacher candidates. "It's just elementary school math it's not like I'm teaching anything really difficult. Otherwise, no way would I do it." These words are powerful in terms of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Courses, Metacognition, Literacy