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Egan, Kieran; Bullock, Shawn Michael; Chodakowski, Anne – McGill Journal of Education, 2016
We propose that "teacher candidates need to have extended experiences with learning to teach imaginatively," which is to say that teacher candidates need to have experiences that enable them to consider new possibilities in education. We first attend to the general theoretical framework offered by imaginative education before moving on…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Imagination, Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses
Olson, Joanne K.; Finson, Kevin D. – Journal of Elementary Science Education, 2009
Instructors of elementary science methods classes have long lamented the significant difficulties their students exhibit when trying to understand the many complexities of teaching science. As noted by some researchers and practicing teachers, preservice teachers often fail to developmentally function at desired levels with respect to…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Education Majors, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Science
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Stover, Lois – Journal of Teacher Education, 1986
By using writing-to-learn strategies in their classes, teacher educators can introduce future teachers to the concept of writing as a teaching strategy while improving their understanding of course content. Examples demonstrate the many benefits of the method. (MT)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Decision Making, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Van Cleaf, David W.; Schroder, Angela M. – 1981
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between student conceptual level and attitudes toward four methods course components: theory, content, method, and experience working with children. Research findings have indicated that a match between student conceptual level and course instructional mode result in significant…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Course Evaluation
McClure, John R.; Bell, Paul E. – 1990
Concept maps provided a measure of subjects' cognitive structures before and after completion of an environmental education course. Concept maps were constructed from expressions taken from the issue "global climate." Expressions were assigned to one of three domains: science, technology or society. Maps were analyzed by constituent…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Structures, Environmental Education, Higher Education
Blosser, Patricia E.; Mayer, Victor J. – Investigations in Science Education, 1982
This issue of Investigations in Science Education contains articles about attitude research in science education. It contains the critiques of nine articles about attitude research as well as three responses to critiques. One response relates to a critique published in an earlier issue while the other two responses are paired with the critiques…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Lynn C.; Pape, Sharon L. – 1990
The question posed in this study was whether university reading methods courses influenced student teachers' instructional choices through a process of reflective judgment. It also examined the students' actual practices as they related to the complexity of their reflections, and whether reflective judgment could be improved by using journal…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Journal Writing
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Banerjee, Anil C.; Power, Colin N. – International Journal of Science Education, 1991
Three modules on chemical equilibrium, developed as resource materials for a content-methodology course in chemistry for intending teachers and also for general chemistry courses at the senior secondary and tertiary levels, are described. The use of these modules in a methodology course showed a significant development of competence in the…
Descriptors: Chemical Equilibrium, Cognitive Development, Course Content, Foreign Countries
Merwin, William C. – 1973
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a series of self-instructional modules (SIMs) for training secondary-level social studies teacher-trainees to develop and ask higher-level questions. Forty subjects enrolled for social studies methods courses were blocked on pre-test scores and randomly assigned to treatment groups.…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Citations (References), Cognitive Development, Educational Research
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Ball, Deborah Loewenberg – For the Learning of Mathematics, 1988
The constructivist perspective, which holds that children's learning of subject matter is an interaction between what they are taught and what they bring to a learning situation, could be used to improve mathematics teacher education. (PK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Mathematics, Concept Formation, Elementary School Mathematics
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Wright, Emmett L. – Science Education, 1979
Investigates the effect of intensive instruction in cue attendance upon the ability of preservice elementary science methods students to solve paper-and-pencil reasoning tests that require a form of formal operation thought. (Author/HM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests, College Students, Cues
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Barman, Charles R. – School Science and Mathematics, 1992
Presents a study to determine the effects of introducing methods students to the "learning cycle" technique on their ability to adapt science textbooks to the method and employ it in their teaching. Interviews of 24 randomly selected students out of 48 participants indicated that 75 percent used the approach while student teaching and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Education
Fien, John, Ed.; And Others – 1983
This publication contains 14 papers, most of which were written by instructors of higher education in Australia and Great Britain. Following an introduction, the first five papers are "The Development of Children's Map Ability" (Simon Catling), "Published Guidance to Pupils on Atlas Mapwork Skills" (Herbert Sandford),…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Education
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McCaughtry, Nate; Sofo, Seidu; Rovegno, Inez; Curtner-Smith, Matthew – European Physical Education Review, 2004
This study used cognitive developmental theory to analyze how teachers learn to teach sport education. Two groups of undergraduate pre-service teachers were studied, one group during their secondary methods and corresponding field-teaching courses, the other during an independent teaching course. Data were collected through ethnographic…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Athletics, Skill Development, Teacher Educators
Peck, Donald M.; Connell, Michael L. – 1991
Elementary school teacher candidates typically enter their professional training with deficiencies in their conceptual understanding of the topics of elementary school mathematics and with a reliance upon procedural (algorithmic) approaches to the solutions of mathematical problems. If elementary school teacher candidates are expected to teach…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, College Mathematics