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Moore, Christi – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Drawing on portraiture methods, this case study is an exploration of the experiences of pre-service teachers who participated in a music-integrated literacy methods course during their first semester in an elementary teacher preparation program. The study is a response to previous researchers' findings that arts-integrated university courses hold…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Music Education, Literacy
Ford, Michael P. – 1994
The Learning Community program at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh brings together four individual teacher education methods courses in an integrated block with clinical field experience. The program provides teacher educators the opportunity to integrate their instruction with other courses and contextualize the learning of students with…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Integrated Curriculum
Benbow, Ronald M. – 1993
This study was conducted to determine if an integrated content-methods, two-course sequence for preservice elementary teachers (PSTs) affects the mathematical beliefs of these students in three main areas: (1) beliefs about mathematics as a discipline; (2) beliefs about how mathematics is learned and should be taught; and (3) beliefs about…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
Godt, Pamela Terry; Benelli, Cecelia; Kline, Rhonda – 2000
Western Illinois University's College of Education and Human Services is redesigning its undergraduate teacher education program. The program places volunteer freshmen in real classrooms for long-term observations and volunteer assistance, eventually leading up to a full range of teaching opportunities. Also, coursework is presented in an…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education, Integrated Curriculum
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Bristor, Valerie J.; Pelaez, Gloria M.; Crawley, Sharon – Action in Teacher Education, 2000
Florida Atlantic University restructured its undergraduate teacher preparation program to provide a bachelor's degree in elementary education with an English as a Second Language (ESOL) endorsement. The program prepares graduates to meet the needs of ESOL students in regular elementary classrooms. It integrates ESOL competencies into methods…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Diversity (Student), Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
Bruneau, Beverly; And Others – 1993
This study investigated instructional practices in a literacy methods course in a teacher education program that was developing a reflective and integrated approach to university courses and school experiences. Along with coursework, students plan and teach lessons for children in a partnership school in which teachers have begun the process of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Beginning Reading, Conceptual Tempo, Field Experience Programs