This research was designed and conducted considering the theoretical and practical suggestions of design-based research (DBR) methodology and aimed to identify and address problems in a one-semester technology integration course at a Midwest university in the US. Community of practice (CoP) was used as the theoretical framework in this research to…

In this dissertation, I present my attempts at designing an elementary mathematics methods course to support prospective teachers in developing an understanding of how to teach all students in learning powerful mathematics. To do this, I introduced them to teaching mathematics for equity and social justice by discussing ways to support students'…

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to examine the knowledge, skills, and experiences in the enameling arts and the attitudes and perceptions of in-service (n=12) and pre-service Kuwaiti art teachers (n=170), art supervisors at the Ministry of Education (MOE) (n=3) and art education faculty members at the College of Basic Education (CBE)…

Considers the particular elements that would be included in a proposed course in semantics for education students. (RL)

The article describes one university's health and safety education faculty's use of a framework for evaluating and restructuring curriculum. The revised program focuses on the concept of the generic health educator requiring students to take a variety of courses to enable them to handle a variety of instructional audiences and topics related to…

To ensure that teachers develop knowledge and skills necessary to promote development of a global perspective in students, a global perspective should be incorporated throughout the teacher education curriculum. Suggestions are given for developing an enhanced global perspective through general studies, foundations of education, curriculum and…

Practically every teacher preparation institution offers a course in educational psychology, and it is often the initial education course taken by preservice teachers. Problems with such courses are that they are usually taught by several instructors with no standardization of course content, and the strategies used to teach these courses often do…

Describes a newly implemented curriculum designed to prepare home economics teachers for the year 2001. (SB)

Offers advice on what to teach and how to organize a college course on children's literature so that future teachers have insights into choosing and using children's literature. (RL)

Maps out the sequence and elements of a teacher training program that extends the Bay Area Writing approach to inservice writing teacher education. Describes ways of providing inservice participants with a foundation in the teaching of writing and experience in the writing process. (RL)

The National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) now requires teacher education programs to implement a multicultural component as part of teacher education. There is no expectation that a teacher education program would, or could, produce students with broad-based knowledge in all areas, but it is reasonable to require some…

Speeches presented to an international seminar on computer science are reprinted. These aspects of computer science courses in secondary education are considered: the significance of including such courses in the curriculum; objectives and contents for such courses; the integration of computer courses with other school subjects; methods and…

Most preservice teacher preparation schools include a tripartite set of courses--Foundations, Methods, and Practica. Since many Foundations educators currently are required to teach non-Foundations couses, they are in a situation to infuse many of the concepts and concentration areas of Foundations content into methodological and practicum…

Presents a rationale for providing computer literacy training to preservice teacher education students; identifies 14 areas of training needs and their instructional activity foci; discusses four distinct approaches to provision of a continuum of computer literacy experiences; and illustrates suggested instructional-objectives syllabi and…

One of seven similar project reports dealing with program development in career education for teacher, counselor, and administrator preparation, this report presents, in two sections, information on infusing career education content into special education personnel preparation programs. The first section describes the results of the work done by…