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Buchanan, Lisa Brown – Teacher Education and Practice, 2012
This article explores the utility of Socratic dialogues in the elementary social studies methods course. Findings include preservice teachers' behaviors during dialogues, perceived strengths and challenges of using Socratic dialogues in teacher education, and the impact on student learning. Challenges and apprehensions encountered by the teacher…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Studies, Teacher Educators
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Journell, Wayne; Webb, Angela W. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2013
This article uses a narrative approach to start a dialogue about the challenges of teaching blended methods classes that contain traditional and alternative licensure students. Many alternative licensure students enter their methods classes as lateral-entry teachers who must balance their licensure requirements with the demands associated with…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Alternative Teacher Certification, Blended Learning
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Liu, Ping – Teacher Education and Practice, 2011
This study explored the use of video lesson modules in a teaching methodology course to prepare preservice teachers for supporting the English-language development of pupils at K-8 schools. The basic material of a lesson module is a video lesson featuring instruction of an experienced classroom teacher in an English-language development setting of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Methods Courses
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Slapac, Alina; Navarro, Virginia – Teacher Education and Practice, 2011
As two teacher educators teaching two sections of a master's action research capstone course, we analyze (1) course content and pedagogy, (2) evolving beliefs about research, and (3) transformations in question posing as students assume the role of researchers. Our theoretical frame draws on teacher research, social justice advocacy, and the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Teacher Educators, Curriculum, Masters Programs
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McDonald, Morva A. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2010
Social justice teacher education programs aim to prepare teachers who are able to provide high-quality, equitable opportunities to learn to all students, who are able to advocate for the transformation of not only individual classrooms but whole schools and districts, and who are able to consider their work as being connected to broader social…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Justice, Methods Courses
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Madsen, Anne L. – Teacher Education and Practice, 1992
Preservice teacher candidates changed their thinking about mathematics, mathematics teaching, and children's mathematics learning after completing a mathematics methods course that promoted a nontraditional approach, which focused on teaching mathematics from a student-centered viewpoint. (20 references) (IAH)
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Educational Objectives, Educational Principles, Elementary Education
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Pryor, Caroline R. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2003
This article discusses three strategies designed to support a college of education mission to prepare democratic practitioners. These strategies are: increasing civic knowledge (Butts, 1993), reflecting on civic values (Ross & Yeager, 1999), and organizing field experiences that promote democratic practice (Rainer & Guyton, 1999). Activities for…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum