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Shah, Payal – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the education technology narrative asserted that "New tools hold great promise for teaching and learning, but only when they are used effectively, appropriately and intentionally". In this dissertation, I explored how early childhood education teachers construct their understanding of technology…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Technology Integration, Social Studies
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Sardone, Nancy B. – Social Studies, 2023
Looking at the effects of globalization from numerous perspectives: economic, spatial, cultural, and environmental, it has become abundantly clear that today's students must possess geographic knowledge and associated skills to be prepared for civic life and informed decision-making. However, the current state of geographic proficiency among U.S.…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Games, Geography, Elementary School Students
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Kenyon, Elizabeth – Studying Teacher Education, 2022
As a social studies teacher educator in the United States, it is crucial that I work to better understand myself and my teaching in regard to anti-racism. As a community, we need to study ourselves both as individuals and as programs to better ourselves as teacher educators who care deeply about racial justice, both for our own students and for…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Racial Bias, Social Justice, Methods Courses
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Gökdag Baltaoglu, Meltem – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the change in the level of teachers' self-efficacy perception of primary school Social Studies pre-service teachers who take the special teaching methods class. Single group pretest-posttest model from pre-experimental patterns was applied in the research. The study group of the research consisted of 59…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Methods Courses
Mankiw, Sue Ann E. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the disability discourses of ten pre-service teachers enrolled in a one-semester undergraduate social studies and language arts methods course. This undergraduate course drew on a disability studies approach that advocated a social model rather than a traditional medical approach to…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Disabilities, Undergraduate Study, Preservice Teachers
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Loveless, Douglas J., Ed.; Griffith, Bryant, Ed.; Bérci, Margaret E., Ed.; Ortlieb, Evan, Ed.; Sullivan, Pamela, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
While incorporating digital technologies into the classroom has offered new ways of teaching and learning into educational processes, it is essential to take a look at how the digital shift impacts teachers, school administration, and curriculum development. "Academic Knowledge Construction and Multimodal Curriculum Development" presents…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Literacy, Teacher Attitudes