The project's objective is to understand how undocumented immigrants navigate political and professional challenges to become public school teachers in California. As a sanctuary state where the need to diversify the teaching workforce is urgent, California is an important site for studying undocumented teaching pathways and pedagogical practices.…

Digital technology has significantly transformed education, requiring teacher educators to develop robust digital competencies to navigate 21st-century classrooms. Digital competence, defined by the European Commission's DigComp framework, includes information and data literacy, communication and collaboration, digital content creation, safety,…

This research focuses on better understanding the nature of pre-service teachers' four-frame leadership orientations. As it is known, the phenomenon of leadership still continues to be a research topic in the field of educational administration. But, these studies carried out on teachers and school administrators. As future teachers and school…

The objective of this study was to provide immediate feedback to special education teacher candidates during the teaching practice process. The presence of the academician offering coaching in the classroom during the teaching process has the potential to cause students with special needs distress and impede their ability to focus on the lesson.…

Teaching is a complex profession; and therefore, micro-teaching is needed to scale down its complexity to train pre-service teachers for future real teaching. However, micro-teaching experiences without reflection are insufficient for building or developing professional teaching skills. Therefore, this book aims at building and developing…

It is obviously known that young children learn best through play-based, community-based and project-based approaches to learning. Play is an every thing for children through which they experience the world. A child playing is practicing minds-on, hearts-on and hands-on activities. This study was aimed at the exploration of play-based instruction…

Our classrooms are increasingly populated by students from diverse linguistic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. These students bring rich experiences that could be utilized as resources for teaching and learning in culturally diverse classrooms. Unfortunately, they often encounter racism and inequality, as well as a discrepancy between their home…

This research study aims to explore the current state of EFL student teacher education programmes in preparing teachers to teach English to students with special educational needs (SEN) in Egypt and other Arab-speaking countries, and subsequently, to propose a framework for preparing English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers to teach students…

This paper is aimed to explore preschool teacher preparation in Hawassa College of Teacher Education in light of the student-teaching experiences. Teaching practicum experience is one of the major opportunities for prospective teachers to advance their understanding about the profession. Colleges of Teacher Education in Ethiopia have generally…

The aim of this study is to examine the correlation between reading culture and the mathematical literacy self-efficacy among pre-service teachers and assesses these variables in relation to several factors. Utilizing convenience sampling, the research sample consists of 562 pre-service teachers studying in mathematics and primary school teaching…

One charge of the Education and Behavioral Sciences Section's Instruction for Educators Committee (IFE Committee) is to develop approaches and solutions to the information literacy and instruction challenges faced by librarians who serve schools, colleges, and departments of education. In pursuit of that mission, the IFE Committee produced this…

This presentation covers the importance of clinical experiences in teacher preparation. It also includes a brief description of our innovative approach to clinical practice at a public comprehensive, state university in Southeast. Findings of our research endeavors indicate that majority of our teacher candidates agree or strongly agree that…

The fourth revolution of industrialization has enormously influenced the education sector and needs to be dynamic and sensible in light of the changeable requirements of employers. Specifically, higher education institutions (HEIs) must focus on the global labor market to offer an innovative curriculum and attract prospective students. One of the…

Internship plays a pivotal role in completion of professional courses. As such it is also included in teacher education course. It provides direct experiences to trainees on various roles of a teacher including teaching and developing command over the subject. It also provides an opportunity to integrate the theoretical knowledge on strategies and…

This study aims to investigate the contribution of translation courses to pre-service EFL teachers' professional skills. Also, it is aimed to get in-depth insights from both pre- service EFL teachers and instructors in order to identify the weaknesses and strengths of translation courses in EFL teacher education programs. This study was designed…