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William Waychunas – Teacher Educator, 2025
Research on practice-based teacher education [PBTE], such as rehearsals or teaching simulations, assumes that preservice teachers [PSTs] prefer such practical approaches in comparison to more theoretical work. Few studies test this assumption or incorporate PSTs voices and perspectives on PBTE approaches. This study draws on survey data and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Social Studies, Simulation
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Kathy Swan; Ryan M. Crowley; Gerry Swan – Teacher Educator, 2025
In response to national and state trends promoting inquiry-based social studies over the last decade, social studies teacher educators at the University of Kentucky revamped their pre-service program to create alignment around the key inquiry concepts of questions, tasks, and sources. Part of the program revision involved the creation of a new…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Studies, Active Learning
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Racheal M. Banda; Ganiva Reyes; Meredith Wronowski; Rachel Radina; Brittany Aronson; Katherine Batchelor – Teacher Educator, 2025
Teacher preparation programs are being called to comprehensively engage preservice teachers (PSTs) in expansive learning about equity issues beyond one "diversity" course or superficial approach. Our interdisciplinary faculty collaborative within a Midwestern predominantly-white institution met this call by implementing a Critical Social…
Descriptors: Predominantly White Institutions, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education, Critical Race Theory
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Mohammed Estaiteyeh; Isha DeCoito – Teacher Educator, 2025
To promote inclusive practices in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) classrooms, this research explores teacher candidates' (TCs') views and understandings of differentiated instruction (DI). The article addresses the following research questions: (1) What are intermediate-senior STEM TCs' initial views and understandings of…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Individualized Instruction
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Lightning Peter Jay – Teacher Educator, 2025
Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) has framed teacher education for decades, despite the difficulty of demonstrating that teacher preparation effectively develops PCK. Social studies educators have been especially wary of PCK, but their critiques have primarily challenged what knowledge is valued rather than its model of how teachers learn. This…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Teacher Education Programs, Preservice Teachers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Amy Knowles; Heidi Lyn Hadley – Teacher Educator, 2025
Many teacher preparation programs have a commitment to preparing teachers who teach equitably. However, current research shows that many teachers struggle to move beyond theoretical understandings into practical enactments once they enter inhospitable teaching contexts. This case study examines the effect of co-creating a conceptual framework of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Equal Education, Teacher Education Programs, Teaching Methods