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Peter Francis Moon – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Computational thinking (CT) has great potential for enhancing mathematics and science lessons in K-12 education. Numerous studies demonstrate that under the right circumstances, CT integration in math and science can improve student learning and promote deeper understanding. However, teacher education currently does not include preparation for…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Computer Science Education, Faculty Development, Methods Courses
Tench, Beck – ProQuest LLC, 2022
We live in an attention economy where many of our interactions are mediated by technologies incentivized to exploit our attention. The consequences of this exploitation, so far as they are known, affect how we spend our time, and also our capacity for reflection and self-awareness, which can have lasting effects across our life and relationships.…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Undergraduate Students, Metacognition, Validity
Leonard, Carole S. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the extent to which the mission of preparing teachers to teach for social justice is operationalized within the methods courses in teacher preparation programs that assert a social justice mission. A qualitative content analysis was conducted of course syllabi for English/Language Arts courses, using a…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Methods Courses, Secondary Education, English Instruction