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Grey, Alyssa N. – Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 2022
Music education method courses include pedagogical content essential for successful classroom instruction. Preservice music educators, however, have expressed concerns with their method course experiences. Researchers have found that modeling, peer teaching experiences, various forms of feedback, and video recordings can help improve…
Descriptors: Music Education, Methods Courses, Music Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
Navarro Martell, Melissa Arabel – Association of Mexican American Educators Journal, 2021
Language usage in US K-12 classrooms and beyond continues to be an issue of equity (Navarro Martell, 2021; Palmer et al., 2019). Teachers expect racialized students who appear to be Latinx to know and perform as if their native language is Spanish, mientras a otros se les celebra sus intentos de usar el espan~ol; otro idioma colonizador. Some…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Language Usage, Code Switching (Language), Spanish
Slapac, Alina; Navarro, Virginia – Teacher Education and Practice, 2011
As two teacher educators teaching two sections of a master's action research capstone course, we analyze (1) course content and pedagogy, (2) evolving beliefs about research, and (3) transformations in question posing as students assume the role of researchers. Our theoretical frame draws on teacher research, social justice advocacy, and the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teacher Educators, Curriculum, Masters Programs
Hall-Whittier, Carol; Siebe, Gina Marie; Zitta, Jeanine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The number of English language learners has grown significantly across the United States and this is reflected in Missouri's public school system. English language learners lack the academic achievement as compared to their peers. General education teachers are responsible for children of diverse backgrounds; children enter school with limited or…
Descriptors: General Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning

Letts, William J. IV; Bailey, Bambi L.; Scantlebury, Kathryn – School Science and Mathematics, 1997
Reports on a study that asked 31 inservice secondary science teachers to complete a survey on topics for inclusion in a secondary science methods course. Concludes that the majority of prespecified potential topics were judged important enough by these teachers to warrant inclusion in a methods course, though no individual-added topic appeared on…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Methods Courses, Science Instruction

Spurlin, Quincy – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 1995
Presents to science teacher educators information from the second language acquisition literature that is useful in understanding the linguistic needs of second language learners in today's classrooms. Examples of how this material can be incorporated into science methods courses is included. (LZ)
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Methods Courses, Science Education
Jongewaard, Steve – 2000
This paper addresses three questions: (1) What key citizenship characteristics are essential for today's highly diverse, complex classrooms? (2) What should be the content of a course that would teach these traits? and (3) What pedagogical strategies could be employed to enhance the delivery of that content and to measure for the desired results?…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Classroom Techniques, Communication Skills, Course Content
Broclawik, Krzysztof; And Others – 1994
This document details the development and implementation of a course for teacher education in Poland. The course, "The School in Democratic Society," was prepared between September 1992 and December 1993 as a cooperative effort between the Polish Ministry of National Education and the Citizenship Development for a Global Age Program of…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Guides, Education Courses
Backhus, DeWayne A.; Thompson, Kenneth Wayne – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2006
The nature of science (NOS) has a prominent role among the national science education content standards at all grade levels, K-12. Results from a national survey of collegiate science educators indicate the perception that the greatest contributors to preservice teachers' understanding of the nature of science were science methods courses,…
Descriptors: Science Education, Teacher Educators, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
Henning, Mary Beth; Yendol-Hoppey, Diane – Teaching Education, 2004
Teacher education programs are being encouraged to collaborate with K-12 partners to develop and implement contextually rich field experiences that integrate methods course instruction with public school practices. As a result, we outline four models of integrating methods instruction and field experiences and raise the question "How does the…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Monahan, Thomas C. – 1994
This study surveyed a sample of 81 former students from the graduate research methods course in the School of Education and Related Professional Studies at Rowan College (New Jersey), between 1985 and 1992. The findings show that while students who have completed a research methods course at the graduate level find the content useful, especially…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Course Content, Educational Needs, Educational Research

Abdullin, Edward – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1994
Maintains that there is controversy in Russia about the need for courses in philosophy and science in music teacher preservice education. Describes the contents of a course titled, "The Principles of the Methodological Culture." Provides three results of the course, particularly relationships between cross-disciplinary planning and…
Descriptors: Course Content, Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy