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Transforming Teacher Preparation to Ensure Long-Term Improvement in STEM Teaching
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Hiebert, James – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
An alternative mathematics preparation program for K-8 teachers is described as an existence proof that steadily increasing effectiveness of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) preparation is possible. The program is based on treating every lesson in each of five mathematics content and methods courses as objects of study.…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Improvement, Alternative Teacher Certification
Moving Teacher Education Forward: A Model for a New Pedagogy
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Folsom, Christy – Teacher Education and Practice, 2007
Although the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 dismisses the role of pedagogy in teacher education, teacher educators see the need for a deeper pedagogy that includes the teaching of thinking and socioemotional processes, which are missing in traditional teacher preparation programs. This article outlines criticisms of teacher education found in…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Kaleidoscope Feature. A Model for Preparing Teachers in a Changing World: Teaching for Intellectual and Emotional Learning
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Folsom, Christy – Teacher Education and Practice, 2005
A complex and changing society requires education that prepares its citizens with complex skills. Yet, successful implementation of the complex pedagogies needed for our rapidly changing world involve teaching strategies and knowledge not yet commonplace in classrooms. To effectively teach K-12 students today and in the future, teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Elementary Secondary Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Needs