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Marín, Veronica; López, Magdalena; Maldonado, Guadalupe – Digital Education Review, 2015
Training through gamification is everyday a more evident reality in Primary Education classes. The teachers' view about this has been modified as it is shown in the study published by aDeSe in 2012. However, does it really have place in the students' curricular development in the primary education stage? For the sake of responding to this…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Video Games, Primary Education, Curriculum Development
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Martin del Pozo, Rosa; Porlan, Rafael; Rivero, Ana – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2011
The purpose of the present work is to describe the progression in the conceptions of prospective primary teachers about school science content while they were participating in three teacher education courses following the same constructivist oriented strategy. The participants' written output was analyzed in various categories--selection of…
Descriptors: Evidence, Preservice Teacher Education, Constructivism (Learning), Education Courses
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Hume, Anne Christine – Research in Science Education, 2012
The challenge of preparing novice primary teachers for teaching in an educational environment, where science education has low status and many teachers have limited science content knowledge and lack the confidence to teach science, is great. This paper reports on an innovation involving a sustained simulation in an undergraduate science education…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Education Courses
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Bartholomew, Rex; Anderson, Dayle; Moeed, Azra – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2012
There has been recent concern over the variable quality of science teaching in New Zealand primary schools. One reason suggested has been the relatively low levels of science education components in initial teacher education (ITE) programmes. This paper follows a cohort of recent teacher graduates from a science education course in their ITE…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Graduates, Foreign Countries, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Graham, Steve; Harris, Karen R.; Mason, Linda; Fink-Chorzempa, Barbara; Moran, Susan; Saddler, Bruce – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2008
A random sample of primary grade teachers from across the United States was surveyed about their instructional practices in handwriting. Nine out of every ten teachers indicated that they taught handwriting, averaging 70 minutes of instruction per week. Only 12% of teachers, however, indicated that the education courses taken in college adequately…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Primary Education, Handwriting, Teacher Attitudes
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Sinor, Stanislav; Cernochova, Miroslava – Educational Media International, 2005
The paper describes the history, results and teaching experiences associated with an educational project eDIHO that was designed as a model of teacher education enabling student teachers to teach online. The paper analyses and evaluates practical experiences gained in project activities and summarises methodological perspectives for the online…
Descriptors: Education Courses, Student Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education