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Lyon, Edward G.; Stoddart, Trish; Bunch, George C.; Tolbert, Sara; Salinas, Ivan; Solis, Jorge – Science Education, 2018
This proof of concept study investigated a secondary science teacher preparation intervention in six university programs across Arizona, California, and Texas. Researchers and science method instructors (SMIs) collaboratively restructured respective science method courses to hold fidelity to an interrelated set of instructional practices that…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses
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Tolbert, Sara; Stoddart, Trish; Lyon, Edward G.; Solis, Jorge – Issues in Teacher Education, 2014
This article focuses on a critical issue in STEM education: preparing novice secondary school teachers to provide effective science instruction to the rapidly growing population of students from language minority groups who traditionally have been underserved in STEM education and who are underrepresented in STEM degrees and careers (National…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Standards, Secondary School Teachers, Beginning Teachers
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Shaw, Jerome M.; Lyon, Edward G.; Stoddart, Trish; Mosqueda, Eduardo; Menon, Preetha – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
This paper present findings from a pre-service teacher development project that prepared novice teachers to promote English language and literacy development with inquiry-based science through a modified elementary science methods course and professional development for cooperating teachers. To study the project's impact on student learning,…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Intervention, Science Instruction
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Bravo, Marco A.; Mosqueda, Eduardo; Solís, Jorge L.; Stoddart, Trish – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2014
In this paper we present findings from a project that documented the development of preservice teachers' beliefs and practices in delivering science instruction that considers issues of language and culture. Teacher candidates in the intervention group (n = 65) received a science methods course and teaching practicum experience that provided…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Science Education, Science Curriculum, Multicultural Education
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Stoddart, Trish; Bravo, Marco; Mosqueda, Eduardo; Solis, Jorge – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2013
Several pressing issues call for institutions charged with the responsibility to educate prospective teachers to rethink their model of teacher preparation to better address the educational needs of English Language Learners (ELLs). It is projected that by 2025 one in four students in the U.S. will be from homes where a language other than English…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Student Diversity, English Language Learners
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Stoddart, Trish; And Others – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1993
Examines the mathematics and science content knowledge of elementary teacher candidates, presents data showing elementary teacher deficiencies in this subject matter, and provides a conceptual approach to educating teachers in these subjects. Data are presented illustrating the effectiveness of these approaches in improving novice teacher's…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science