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Thomas, Casedy A. – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2021
This multi-case study examines how three elementary mathematics methods instructors, in the same teacher education program, provide their prospective teachers with learning opportunities. Qualitative data were collected through interviews, classroom observations, and artifacts. The findings suggest that the instructors' beliefs associated with…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Concept Formation
Kane, Britnie Delinger; Keene, K. C.; Reynolds, Sarah – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2022
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand how preservice teachers (PTs) learn about disciplinary literacy in English language arts (ELA). In mathematics and writing, research has found that teachers' participation in disciplinary work can support their understanding of domain-specific inquiry, problem-solving and argumentation.…
Descriptors: English Instruction, English Teachers, Language Arts, Preservice Teachers
Richardson, Greer M.; Byrne, Laurel L.; Liang, Ling L. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2018
Recognizing that teaching efficacy beliefs influence pedagogical content knowledge, this study assesses the impact of a general methods course on preservice teachers' efficacy beliefs and instructional planning of environmental education content. The course used explicit and visible strategies to support pedagogical and content knowledge…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Beliefs, Self Efficacy
Quan, Tracy – Hispania, 2021
Drawing on raciolinguistics and critical pedagogies, this article discusses critical approaches to Spanish language teacher education. Previous research highlights how racialized, monolingual, and native speaker language ideologies underlie Spanish language instruction and subsequently influence teachers' impressions of themselves and of their…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Metalinguistics, Teaching Methods, Race
Mueller Worster, Anneliese; Rohde, Leigh – Social Studies, 2020
Contextualized in the critical pedagogies of universal design for learning (UDL) and social justice education, our study aimed to equip teacher candidates (TCs) to provide students with equitable access to learning social studies content knowledge, skills, and processes as a way to equally empower all students to be civically engaged, and thus to…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Guidelines, Social Studies, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Kartal, Büsra; Çinar, Cengiz – Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
The aim of this study is to investigate how and why elementary mathematics preservice teachers' (PSTs) beliefs about TPACK changed during a method course and field experience. Six PSTs were selected purposefully with reference to their different technological and mathematical backgrounds. Participants were interviewed five times (beginning of the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers, Technological Literacy
Simwa, Kefa L.; Modiba, Maropeng – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
The paper reports on research that examined how the content of a History methods course, taught in a university in Kenya, influenced student teachers' lesson planning and pedagogical skills. A lecture on a lesson plan, micro-teaching lesson plan documents and presentations were examined to determine student teachers' preparedness for teaching the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Lesson Plans, Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses
Lewis, Amy D. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The development of scientifically literate citizens begins in the elementary school. Yet elementary school teachers are ill prepared to teach science (Trygstad, Smith, Banilower, Nelson, & Horizon Research, Inc., 2013). The research base on teacher preparation finds that programs designed to prepare elementary teachers are inadequate in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Mixed Methods Research
Ding, Meixia – International Journal of STEM Education, 2016
Background: Specialized content knowledge (SCK) is a type of mathematical content knowledge specifically needed for teaching. This type of knowledge, although serving as a critical component for preservice teacher education, is often challenging to develop with preservice elementary teachers (PTs). The purpose of this study is to investigate PTs'…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Canbazoglu Bilici, Sedef; Guzey, S. Selcen; Yamak, Havva – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2016
Background: Technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) is critical for effective teaching with technology. However, generally science teacher education programs do not help pre-service teachers develop TPACK. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess pre-service science teachers' TPACK over a semester-long Science Methods. Sample:…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Observation
Norland, Gretchen – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Leading a whole-class discussion is a complex and critical skill, and pivotal to learning and achievement. Classroom teachers have been challenged to engage students in meaningful dialogue, and successfully meet educational standards and requirements. Teacher education programs are responsible for preparing future candidates--preservice…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Secondary Education, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Hebard, Heather – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background/context: Tensions between university-based teacher preparation courses and field placements have long been identified as an obstacle to novices' uptake of promising instructional practices. This tension is particularly salient for writing instruction, which continues to receive inadequate attention in K-12 classrooms. More scholarship…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Writing Instruction, Educational Opportunities
Adadan, Emine; Oner, Diler – Research in Science Education, 2014
This multiple case study investigated how two preservice chemistry teachers' pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) representations of behavior of gases progressed in the context of a semester-long chemistry teaching methods course. The change in the participants' PCK components was interpreted with respect to the theoretical PCK learning…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Chemistry, Science Teachers, Science Instruction
Flory, Sara Barnard; Burns, Rebecca West – Teacher Educator, 2017
Similar to other teacher education disciplines, Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) must adjust to calls for clinically rich teacher preparation because knowledge learned in PETE does not easily transfer to cultures of schools, classrooms, and gymnasia. Opportunity exists to understand more about clinically rich PETE courses, particularly…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Methods Courses, Preservice Teachers, Cooperating Teachers
Sovis, Kristin A. K. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This study, situated within the fields of English education and writing teacher education, illustrates not only "what" is happening in writing methods courses but why in its examination of writing methods courses and instructor influences. The writing methods course is identified by English educators and writing teacher educators as…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction, Case Studies