We present our approach to a qualitative research methods course to prepare practitioner-scholars for their dissertation and independent research. We explain how an instructor's guide provides consistency and rigor, and in-class activities to scaffold learning, and helps faculty connect the content to students' out-of-school lives. We explain how…

Supporting prospective teachers to enact high quality instruction requires transforming their methods preparation. This study follows three teachers through a practice-based elementary methods course. Weekly class sessions took place in an elementary school. The setting afforded opportunities for prospective teachers to engage in cycles of…

The direction of university courses is often guided by the results of traditional Likert scale student evaluations. Most of these focus on instructors' characteristics and frequently do not provide useful insights into students' learning preferences or feedback regarding specific activities and projects in the courses. This study, carried out in a…

Within the field of writing teacher education, scholars and practitioners agree that effective writing instructors (at both the P--12 and postsecondary levels) are not simply cognizant of composition pedagogies, rhetorical theories, and their students' unique learning needs. Effective writing instructors also regularly…

The number of candidates seeking and completing online courses and programs in teacher education continues to increase in order to meet the licensing flexibility demands of adults pursuing teacher certification. Using the theoretical constructs of learner-centered instruction and zones of proximal development, this paper provides an overview of…

This syllabus for an 11-unit course of instruction is designed to prepare effective junior college teachers, counselors, and administrators, though its content can be generalized to all institutions concerned with systematic approaches to instruction. The specification of instructional objectives in terms of observable (and thus evaluable) student…

A paper, presented at a workshop on "Teachers Writing" at the 1976 Conference on English Education, which describes an English methods course that involves students in writing autobiographies. (DD)

The author describes a social studies methods course offered the semester prior to the practicum and the student teacher program at Brockport State College, New York. (Author/RM)

Offers an outline of the social studies methods course taught at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington. (SR)

This paper describes the development of a course in secondary school reading methods which was designed to meet the diverse needs and objectives of students who intend to become either content specialists or reading specialists. Students are presented with 23 instructional objectives from which they choose the ones which satisfy their objectives.…

A look at a teacher education course based on teaching with modules at Michigan State University. (HB)

To promote diverse learning strategies, teacher education programs should use their local environments. For example, students in elementary education methods courses at the University of Maryland spend one week in the Mall area of Washington, DC. They must use all the sources in the Mall to research specific problems. (RM)

Presents tabulations of data from a questionnaire survey of English Colleges of Education. Data concern the position of biology as a component of courses for trainee teachers. (AL)

The article describes a practical social studies methods course cooperatively planned and implemented by a state college and a high school. The methods classes met in the high school twice a week for two semesters and spent additional time observing teaching and participation in discussions with teachers. (Author/RM)