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Nikoçeviq-Kurti, Elmedina; Saqipi, Blerim – Issues in Educational Research, 2022
This study aims to understand pre-service teachers' perceptions about mentor teachers' mentoring practices and their relevance to the level of their teaching self-efficacy. A survey was conducted with a sample of 210 pre-service teachers in the 3rd and 4th year of a 4-year bachelor program for elementary teacher education at the University of…
Descriptors: Mentors, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes
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Wexler, Lindsay Joseph – Action in Teacher Education, 2021
Drawing on data from 16 teacher candidates in an elementary literacy methods course, this qualitative study seeks to understand how literature circles can help candidates critically reflect on social justice and equity as well as encourage reflection on race and privilege. Upon analyzing recorded classroom discussions, written artifacts, and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education
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Taylor, D. Bruce; Handler, Laura K.; FitzPatrick, Erin; Whittingham, Colleen E. – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2020
This yearlong study explores how digital technologies are used during literacy instruction in the critical year of third grade. We analyzed technology use in 16 classrooms across six geographically and socioeconomically diverse schools. We examined the multiple layers of technology's influences on teachers' instructional decision-making and on…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Riley, Benjamin – Educational Leadership, 2020
Recent research into reading has revealed much about how people learn to read, and Riley expresses optimism that educators might adopt much of this reading science into how they teach reading without triggering new "reading wars" between advocates of phonics and whole language. He summarizes indisputable facts recent scientific research…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Scientific Research, Reading Research
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Hernández-Romero, Lili; Sun, Xiaokun – Educational Research for Policy and Practice, 2021
Since the first curriculum reform in the 1990s, education reforms in China have aimed at creating a student-centred education model based on creativity. The effectiveness of such strategies is, however, questionable. This paper explores the current level of supportive learning environment at elementary schools. Through empirical research conducted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Class Activities, Learning Activities
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Gabriele Stupuriene; Tatjana Jevsikova; Yasemin Gülbahar; Anita Juškeviciene; Austeja Gindulyte; Agne Juodagalvyte – Education and Information Technologies, 2025
The demand to incorporate informatics into primary education is seen as a critical necessity both today, and for the future of modern societies. Numerous countries are currently revising their primary education curricula in order to incorporate informatics concepts and computational thinking skills. Although many successful initiatives have been…
Descriptors: Elementary School Curriculum, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Education
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Hogue, Breanya; Myers, Joy; Shimek, Courtney; Appleget, Carin – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2021
This design-based study explored what happens when literacy educators from across the country intentionally create learning events that engage preservice teachers in exploring culturally proactive pedagogies (CPP). After each event, researchers met via video conference to discuss preservice teachers' responses, which guided future pedagogical…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Elementary Education, Literacy Education, Methods Courses
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Kelley, Michelle J.; Wenzel, Taylar – SRATE Journal, 2019
This article describes the collaborative journey of two elementary education instructors at a large metropolitan university in the Southeast Region of the United States as they transformed and developed an innovative, engaging, and meaningful assignment utilizing adult avatars in TeachLivE™ to simulate parent-teacher reading conferences. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Elementary Education
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Gai, Lichun; Li, Yanmei; Zheng, Changlong; Wei, Bing; Jiang, Zhimeng; Lederman, Judith S. – International Journal of Science Education, 2022
While helping students develop informed views about nature of scientific inquiry (VNOSI) has been emphasised in science education, little is known regarding students' current VNOSI at a certain grade level and whether there was evidence of higher attainment of VNOSI in students in higher grades as compared to lower grades? The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Scientific Principles, Scientific Attitudes, Inquiry
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Toom, Auli; Tiilikainen, Mikko; Heikonen, Lauri; Leijen, Äli; Mena, Juanjo; Husu, Jukka – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2019
This study investigated student teachers' (N = 82) learning of action-oriented knowledge (AOK), triggering incidents in teaching practice, and the relationships between these two. Student teacher's action-oriented knowledge is understood as core capability for the practice of teaching, and learning of action-oriented knowledge needs to be…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Critical Incidents Method, Preservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
Martinez Gómez, Alberto Joel – Online Submission, 2019
In the last decade the Communicative Approach has taken an important position within the English Language Teaching world. Many countries have abandoned their traditional methods and have started implementing the communicative activities as their language teaching policy. This research has as a main objective to analyze the transitioning to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Learning Activities
Sam, A. – National Professional Development Center on Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2016
Based on the principles of applied behavior analysis (ABA), discrete trial training (DTT) is used to develop a new response to a stimulus. DTT is based upon the principle of breaking down behavior into discrete steps called a "single teaching unit" or learning trials. Trials are repeated several times with the learner receiving…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Behavior Modification, Training
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Casciano, Rebecca; Cherfas, Lina; Jobson-Ahmed, Lauren – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2019
Little is known about the connection between arts-integrated education and social-emotional learning, particularly for students with disabilities. This paper draws on data from a case study of a federally-funded arts integration program called Everyday Arts for Special Education (EASE) to identify the mechanisms by which arts-integrated teaching…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Art Education, Social Development, Emotional Development
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Swars, Susan L.; Smith, Stephanie Z.; Smith, Marvin E.; Carothers, Jody; Myers, Kayla – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2018
Many in the field of mathematics education call for elementary schools to have elementary mathematics specialists (EMSs) who provide needed mathematical expertise and support for children and teachers. EMSs serve as a reasonable, immediate alternative to the challenges generated by elementary teachers needing improved mathematical knowledge for…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Gatti, Guido; Sharma, Priyanka; Fay, Derek – Pearson, 2019
MyPedia is an integrated, multi-subject system of learning for early and late elementary schools. Developed initially for modern aspiring private schools in India, it aims to support measurable improvement in learners' thinking skills. Each lesson in MyPedia is built on the 5i model of instruction, which structures the learning process into five…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Education, Integrated Learning Systems, Educational Technology
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