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Haley, Marjorie Hall – Online Submission, 2012
A dialogic approach to teaching and learning is not a new phenomenon. However, using technology as a mediated platform (email, Skype and blackboard) to allow pre-service teachers in two culturally and linguistically diverse countries to openly communicate and share ideas about teaching and learning is somewhat unique. The present study reports on…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Clark, Sarah K.; Read, Sylvia – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2012
This quantitative study examined the effectiveness of pairing preservice teachers with young readers during a 9-week reading methods course to participate together in reading-related activities and partner journaling. It was hypothesized that these preservice partnerships would strengthen preservice teacher perceptions about their ability to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Reading Teachers
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Zhang, Zuochen – Ontario Action Researcher, 2010
This paper describes how an online space has been used as a venue for action research in a teacher education program. The research context is a general methods course on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for elementary and secondary school teacher candidates in a teacher education program. This blended course used an online…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Education Courses, Teacher Education Programs
Ponder, Jennifer; Vander Veldt, Michelle; Lewis-Ferrell, Genell – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2011
This article explores how 12 classroom teachers, enrolled in one of the author's graduate social studies methods course, used service-learning as an instructional tool to help students practice active participation in their community and beyond, while also recognizing the relevance of academic coursework as they applied their knowledge and skills…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Methods Courses, Community Needs, Teacher Education Curriculum
Gulsvig, Patricia K. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Teacher candidates in secondary social studies education come to their methods course eager to share their passion for the subject. Enthusiasm often turns to confusion and frustration when they are confronted with unforeseen decisions about the content they will teach before they determine the instructional strategies for teaching that material.…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Instructional Development, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Greene, H. Carol – Current Issues in Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the role and learning outcomes of three types of classroom observations in a teacher education methods course: video-based CD-ROMS, videoconference-supported observations, and traditional face-to-face observations. It was not the goal of this study to compare the effectiveness of each type of observation to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Observation
Bennett, Susan V. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
I investigated eight preservice teachers' understandings about culturally responsive pedagogy as they participated in a writing methods course in which they tutored children from different ethnic, socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic backgrounds in an afterschool program at a local community center. I also investigated how these preservice…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Jones, Raymond; Cunningham, Ann; Stewart, Loraine Moses – Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 2005
Collaboration among faculty can enhance the learning experience for preservice teachers and reinforce the integral role of technology in teaching, learning, and professional development in social studies education. Organized around the Performance Profiles outlined by the National Educational Technology Standards for Teachers (NETS[middle dot]T),…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Integrated Activities, Technology Integration, Educational Technology