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Preparing for Partnership: Using Dilemmas to Help Teacher Candidates Apply Anti-Bias Praxis to Problem Solving
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Rebecca Anne Swartz; Laycee B. Thigpen – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2024
Teacher educators are charged with supporting adult learners as they prepare to collaborate with diverse families and colleagues. In this research, we examined how a cohort of teacher candidates (N = 29) developed over a semester in their understanding, dispositions, and knowledge of strategies for partnership through the "dilemmas"…
Descriptors: Bias, Praxis, Problem Solving, Preservice Teacher Education
Preservice Teachers Conducting Action Research in Early Education Centers
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Moore, Rita A.; Gilliard, Jennifer L. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of action research by ten preservice teachers earning their associate's degree in early childhood education from a small university in the West. Their goal was to assess the impact of their teaching on student learning with children birth to 8 years of age. This study represents the use of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Action Research, Early Childhood Education
Reflections on a Constructivist Approach to Teaching.
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Hamilton, Debbie; Hitz, Randy – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 1996
Describes the design, delivery, and impact of an undergraduate early childhood education course consistent with constructivist principles. Cites results from the Teachers' Belief Questionnaire and examination of student journals indicating students' knowledge and beliefs about teaching had changed. Suggests that helping students recognize…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Beliefs, Cognitive Dissonance, Constructivism (Learning)