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Are Teacher Candidates Learning What They Are Taught? Declarative Literacy Learning in 10 Teacher Preparation Programs
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Grisham, Dana L.; Yoder, Karen Kreider; Smetana, Linda; Dobler, Elizabeth; Wolsey, Thomas DeVere; Lenski, Susan J.; Young, Janet; Chambers, Sandra; Scales, Roya Qualls; Wold, Linda S.; Ganske, Kathy; Scales, W. David – Teacher Education and Practice, 2014
This article describes the first phase of a longitudinal study that examines the impact of teacher preparation programs on the literacy instructional practices of teacher candidates. Case summaries and cross-case analysis by 12 researchers of 10 teacher preparation universities across the United States determined (1) the signature aspects of…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Literacy Education, Educational Practices, Longitudinal Studies
More than a Read-Aloud: Preparing and Inspiring Early Childhood Teachers to Develop Our Future Scientists
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Atiles, Julia T.; Jones, Jennifer L.; Anderson, James A. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of professional development on teachers' knowledge of teaching science and sense of efficacy regarding the teaching of science. In addition, the study explores the association between knowledge of teaching science and efficacy regarding the teaching of science. Participants included 28 early…
Descriptors: Scientists, Science Careers, Science Instruction, Faculty Development
Student Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs regarding Culturally Responsive Teaching and Their Professed Classroom Practices
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Siwatu, Kamau Oginga – Teacher Education and Practice, 2009
This study examined student teachers' (n = 50) culturally responsive teaching self-efficacy beliefs and the frequency in which they implemented these practices into their classroom teaching. The results revealed that student teachers were more efficacious in their ability to execute general teaching practices that may not necessarily require…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Self Efficacy, Cultural Background, Teaching Methods