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Christie L. Goodman, Editor – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2025
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Building STEM Education Pipelines." Contents include: (1) IDRA Youth TechXperts…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Student Centered Learning, Experiential Learning, Student Research
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Hill, Jim; Bass, Erika Lynn; Stewart, Trevor Thomas – English in Education, 2020
This study addresses how problem-posing seminars provided room for preservice teachers (PSTs) to navigate the disconnect between theory and practice, facilitating reflection on their experiences, and fostering self-efficacy as novice English teachers. Viewing student teaching as identity construction, the authors applied the lens of Lensmire's…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Problem Solving, Seminars
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Lau, Matty; Multani, Satbir – Advances in STEM Education, 2018
Empowering students to utilize science and mathematics to solve the world's problems is needed to prepare them for their future. To do that, science and mathematics teachers must know how to integrate engineering into their classrooms. In this chapter, we describe a novel museum-based field experience for novice science and mathematics teachers to…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, STEM Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Teachers
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Webel, Corey; Yeo, Sheunghyun – Mathematics Teacher Educator, 2021
In this article, we share results from a field experience model in which junior-year methods classes were held in an elementary school and preservice teachers (PSTs) worked with a single student (a "Math Buddy") on mathematics for 30 minutes per day. We focus on the development of PSTs' skills for exploring children's thinking and the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods, Preservice Teachers
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Smalley, Scott W.; Rank, Bryan D. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2019
School-based agriculture teachers (SBAE) hold many roles inside and outside of the school. Identifying and understanding the many roles an agriculture teacher may have in their career is an important part of an early field experience (EFE). In this study, EFE students (n = 18) submitted written reflections focused on the role of an agriculture…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Teaching, Field Experience Programs
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Peasland, Emma L.; Henri, Dominic C.; Morrell, Lesley J.; Scott, Graham W. – International Journal of Science Education, 2019
Employability is a key issue for students and Higher Education Institutions and a key component of employability is possessing the skills a role requires. In the environmental sciences, fieldwork provides an opportunity for students to develop employability-enhancing technical and transferable skills. However, students can have difficulty…
Descriptors: Employment Qualifications, Job Skills, Experiential Learning, Field Trips
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Rank, Bryan D.; Smalley, Scott W. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2017
The purpose of this study was to identify the perception of students enrolled in an initial early field experience (EFE) in relation to the components of the agricultural education model. The students enrolled in the initial field experience were freshmen and sophomore students. The initial field experience course consisted of four face-to-face…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers
Santoyo, Christina; Zhang, Shaoan – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2016
Teacher candidates (TCs) use clinical experiences to enact concepts taught in their university courses; therefore field experiences may be the most important component of teacher preparation (Hammerness et al., 2005). TCs require support and guidance as they learn to adapt curriculum materials for effective use in the classroom (Davis, 2006). They…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teachers, Lesson Plans, Field Experience Programs
Hall, Gene E., Ed.; Quin, Linda F., Ed.; Gollnick, Donna M., Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2018
This enlightening handbook offers current, international perspectives on the conditions in communities, contemporary practices in schooling, relevant research on teaching and learning, and implications for the future of education. It contains diverse conceptual frameworks for analyzing existing issues in education, including but not limited to…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices, Context Effect