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In What Ways Are Teacher Candidates Being Prepared to Teach about the Environment? A Case Study from Wisconsin
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Ashmann, Scott; Franzen, Rebecca L. – Environmental Education Research, 2017
There is an urgent need for primary and secondary students to develop awareness, knowledge, attitudes, and an environmental ethic necessary to undertake environmental issues and problems. The need to adequately prepare teachers to teach about the environment, and the challenges the field of environmental education (EE) faces lead us to the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Environmental Education, Case Studies
Shaping Action Researchers through a Master's Capstone Experience
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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
Perceptions of Undergraduate Social Studies Methods Instructors on the Nature of the Social Studies, Knowledge and Utilization of National Curriculum Project Materials, National versus Local Curriculum Development, and Impact of the National Project Movement [And] Tables.
Switzer, Thomas J.; And Others – 1977
A survey was conducted concerning teacher attitudes and knowledge regarding social studies goals, content, and curriculum development. The research involved 301 undergraduate social studies methods professors in 13 western and midwestern states. Indexes based upon responses to a questionnaire were created to reflect teacher orientation toward…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Data Analysis, Educational Background