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Professional Growth through Reflection and an Approximation of Practice: Experiences of Preservice Teachers as Teaching Assistants in a Secondary Mathematics Teaching Methods Course
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Jao, Limin; Sahmbi, Gurpreet; Huang, Ying-Syuan – Teacher Educator, 2020
In this article, we describe the experiences of two preservice teachers (PSTs) who served as teaching assistants (TAs) in a secondary mathematics teaching methods course. As TAs, the PSTs approximated practice by being independently responsible for a learning environment and leading discussions with groups of students. Although the PSTs felt…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction
Literacy Teachers Engage in Service-Learning via Community Organization Involvement
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Dooley, Caitlin McMunn; Mays, Lydia Criss – Teacher Educator, 2014
Service-learning provides community service as well as authentic, curriculum-driven learning experiences (Furco & Root, 2010) and has been an effective component of teacher education courses (García, Arias, Murri, & Surna, 2010; Mitton-Kukner, Nelson, & Descrochers, 2010; Spencer, Cox-Petersen, & Crawford, 2005). With these…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Service Learning, Learning Experience
Collaboration by Design: Integrating Core Pedagogical Content and Special Education Methods Courses in a Preservice Secondary Education Program
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Frey, Timothy J.; Andres, Debra K.; McKeeman, Leah A.; Lane, Jessica J. – Teacher Educator, 2011
In this article the authors describe a collaboratively designed secondary teacher education program focused on the preparation of preservice general education teachers to work effectively with children who have diverse learning needs in inclusive classrooms. The focus of the article is on the collaborative development and initial evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Student Teaching, Preservice Teachers, Instructional Design, Methods Courses
A Program of Field-Based Methods Courses in Teacher Education
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Williamson, Walter W.; Barbour, Chandler – Teacher Educator, 1971
The need to move methods courses off the college campus and into local schools is stressed. (MM)
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Program Effectiveness, Teacher Education