This essay presents a vision for technology integration in teacher education that develops teachers into "technology integrationists," or teachers who thoughtfully choose to integrate technology when it supports students' subject matter learning. Four principles guide the design of technology learning experiences for preservice and…

We present the results of a study on the didactical knowledge development of preservice secondary mathematics teachers participating in a methods course. In this course, we expected pre-service teachers to learn and use a series of conceptual and methodological tools that could help them in the design of didactical units. We coded and analyzed the…

This essay presents a discussion of how the tools and resources of open source education may demonstrably improve education quality. The main tenet of open education is to make educational assets freely available to the public. This is becoming easier and less expensive as network and multimedia technology evolves. Obstacles may stand in the way…

The authors of this article seek to deconstruct traditional thinking about education while introducing a postmodern view of curriculum development. "Ways of Knowing Through the Realms of Meaning," an exhaustive work by Dr. William Kritsonis, distinguished writer, lecturer, and editor provides curriculum leaders an important tool by which they may…

This study used data from classroom visits, mentor surveys, and adjunct focus groups at Westminster College, Utah, to determine where part-time college faculty need the most assistance. Results were compared with research about the challenges student and novice teachers encounter in the schools. Just like student and novice teachers, part-time…

Though there have been many efforts to reform science teaching at the K-12 level over the past decade so that all students can engage in meaningful science activity and become scientifically literate, colleges and universities are just beginning to redesign their science curriculum and instruction. This paper examines the structures, practices,…

This paper provides a critical analysis of a professional development model that proposes to improve inquiry science instruction by addressing two components of teacher knowledge: pedagogy and science content. Although this represents an improvement over professional development models that focus on a single area of teacher knowledge, this paper…

This paper reports on an attempt to formulate an East Asian theory of mathematics education. Six features of East Asian mathematics education are discussed and contrasted with features and values in Western education. These factors include product versus process, rote learning versus meaningful learning, extrinsic versus intrinsic motivation, and…

This report is designed to be a resource for mathematics faculty and other parties involved in the education of mathematics teachers. It provides a distillation of current thinking on curriculum and policy issues affecting the mathematical education of teachers with the goal of stimulating efforts on individual campuses to improve programs for…

Investigates the development of pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) within a group of preservice chemistry teachers. Focuses on PCK with respect to the relationship between observable phenomena on the one hand, and their interpretation in terms of corpuscular characteristics on the other. Results indicated a growing awareness among the preservice…

Examines the influence of teacher education on one novice teacher's practice. She believes that teaching and learning occur between each student and the teacher and that each member of t he learning community is responsible for teaching and learning. She uses content knowledge as the vehicle through which to teach students and advance their…

Describes a study that explored the construct of teacher knowledge of educational technology based on Shulman's model of teachers' knowledge that included content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, and pedagogical content knowledge; and investigated the ways in which teacher knowledge is acquired, shared, and used by student teachers and their…

Uses self-report data from school contexts to cluster participating (n=33) senior high school biology teachers in Harare, Zimbabwe according to their own perceptions of the contextual circumstances of their schools. Reports that in theory lessons, teachers from the self-perceived better-resourced schools used less individual organization and less…

Explores prospective teachers' learning to teach mathematics in the complex context of a university-based curriculum and instruction course. Concludes that the difficulties and tensions prospective teachers face in turn pose challenges and tensions for teacher educators. Contains 29 references. (Author/ASK)

In this interview, Professional Development Director Susan Loucks-Horsley explains that science teachers must experience science in new ways themselves. Topics covered include her involvement in educational improvement; pedagogical content knowledge and teaching skills; teaching teachers; successful professional development; new standards and…