The author suggests ways in which teaching methods instructors can integrate equity information into their respective courses by using an inclusionary approach to information sharing. She provides an example of how reading methods professors can adapt their courses to this purpose and offers suggestions for adapting courses. (CH)

The primary aim of the program is to develop contexts in which prospective teachers can observe teaching-learning in action and can try innovative ideas under the guidance of a professional. (JH)

This book issues a call for the reform of teacher education from within each individual methods classroom. It challenges teacher educators to use the learning theories of Jerome Bruner as a catalyst for constructing their own narrative concerning teacher education. It provides practical applications of theory in order to improve pedagogical…

Science-Technology-Society (STS) can be defined in various ways. For this study, STS is defined as a curricular tool that teachers can use to focus on the interactions between science, technology, and society to make learning more relevant to students' everyday lives. A small qualitative study was conducted with students in a secondary science…

It can reasonably be argued that the primary role of elementary teachers is to prepare their students to be literate adults, and thus many are literacy specialists. Often these teachers lack confidence in science and avoid it because it is not their specialty. Most elementary teachers have never conducted a scientific inquiry, yet they are being…

According to national and state reform efforts in science and mathematics education, new forms of collaboration to foster integrated professional development for teachers are needed. These collaborations are seen as a means to involve practitioners and theoreticians in teacher education. Due to the participation of many players, collaborative…

Science educators have identified the development of accurate understandings of the nature of science as an instruction goal for nearly a century. Unfortunately, science instructors are unlikely to focus on the nature of science in content courses and the nature of science lessons are generally relegated to the methods courses where they are…

This paper describes the guided inquiry process by which graduate students in the Master of Science in Education Program at Northwestern University produce a formal "master's project." This project is a piece of individual or group research completed by students in the teacher preparation program. The preparation to do the inquiry runs…

This textbook is a guide for preparing teachers for social studies instruction in grades K-8. It promotes social studies as education for citizenship in a democracy. All chapters are structured to aid study and can be varied in order to suit the course requirements of instructors and the needs of students. Each chapter begins with an objective and…

This paper suggests that if reflection is a powerful vehicle in assisting the individual in grappling with complex ideas and concepts and it facilitates the assimilation of such ideas into a person's belief system, then reflection should be considered an integral part of teacher education programs. This study investigated whether the reflections…

Educational research has changed in the last ten years from "a field that was dominated by measurement, operationalized definitions, variables, hypothesis testing, and statistics" to a research mode that emphasizes "description, induction, grounded theory, and the study of people's understanding. We refer to this approach as…

A mathematics methods course is described in which peer teaching is used. Topics for lessons are selected from those appearing in professional journals. Evaluation and discussion of each person's lesson is carried out by the whole class. (JP)

The roles and behavior of the process education curriculum of MACOS are meaningfully implemented in a college professional preparatory setting. (Author/KM)

Describes a program employed for teaching a science methods course. The goal of individualized instruction may be achieved by adopting a learning contract system. The appendix includes examples of contracts used in this program. (PS)