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Kumar, Tracey – Teaching Education, 2018
This qualitative study examined preservice teachers' (PSTs') ideas and beliefs regarding the use of rap for instructional purposes in P-12 classrooms, and the ways in which they proposed to use rap in the teaching of middle and high school social studies. Participants included the instructor of a social studies methods course, and thirteen PSTs…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Beliefs
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Goodnough, Karen; Mulcahy, Dennis – Teaching Education, 2011
This qualitative study focused on the experiences and perceptions of 12 teacher candidates as they completed a six-week rural internship experience. The main objectives of the study were to: (a) describe the learning experiences of teacher candidates as they live and teach in rural communities; (b) examine how teaching and living in rural…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Areas, Internship Programs, Experiential Learning
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Hammerness, Karen – Teaching Education, 2011
In the United States, an increasing number of new teachers are being prepared through alternative, or early entry, routes into teaching. These new forms of teacher preparation raise important questions about how and in what ways candidates are being prepared, particularly in key areas such as classroom management. To shed light upon these…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teacher Education Programs, College Programs, Curriculum Evaluation
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Singer, Nancy Robb; Catapano, Susan; Huisman, Sarah – Teaching Education, 2010
Many teacher education programs in the United States (US) face increasing demands to better prepare teachers for entry into and retention in urban schools. Through a US Department of Education grant, a university-school partnership was formed to develop a community-based model of teacher preparation that placed pre-service teachers in urban…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Urban Schools, College Role, College School Cooperation
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Ogden, Holly; DeLuca, Christopher; Searle, Michelle – Teaching Education, 2010
There is increasing concern over disengagement of teacher candidates during on-campus periods of pre-service programs due to the perceived disconnect between educational theory and practice. In response, teacher education has been called to engage candidates in praxis through authentic learning. In this paper, we bring together the fields of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Focus Groups, Interviews, Learning Experience
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Daniel, Beverly-Jean – Teaching Education, 2009
This paper explores the efficacy of employing the cohort model of teacher education for preparing pre-service teachers to address issues of race within an urban university setting. The results of the research indicate that the cohort facilitates a degree of familiarity and support amongst the teacher candidates, provides exposure to diverse…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Urban Universities, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Teacher Attitudes