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Wakefield, Wendy; Weinberg, Andrea E.; Pretti, Esther; Merritt, Eileen G.; Trott, Carlie – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Teacher education is pivotal to advancing pedagogies, practices, and content knowledge that promote sustainability literacy in formal education settings. To explore preservice teachers' (PST) readiness to implement transformative sustainability learning with elementary (i.e. kindergarten to 6th grade) students, we analyzed unit plans created by…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Readiness, Transformative Learning, Sustainability
Henry, Adam – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this mixed methods research study was to assess the impact and influence of a pre-international experience course on Arizona State University (ASU) students before they study or intern abroad. Currently, the study abroad pre-departure orientation for ASU participants consists of online modules and a two-hour face-to-face…
Descriptors: Intervention, Mixed Methods Research, Study Abroad, Internship Programs
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Parker, Melissa; Patton, Kevin; Madden, Matthew; Sinclair, Christina – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2010
Despite the benefits associated with teacher development through participation in communities of practice, many questions about these groups remain unanswered. The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine a group of elementary physical education teachers as a community of practice whose objective was to develop and disseminate…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Communities of Practice, Elementary School Teachers