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Jahneille Cunningham; Sola Takahashi; Kate Hirschboeck – WestEd, 2024
In math classrooms, actively engaging with the subject matter can be crucial to learning. However, not all students speak up, ask questions, or express their ideas. Aware of the importance of the equitable participation of all students, mathematics education experts developed an observation tool called Equity Quantified In Participation, or EQUIP.…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Student Participation, Equal Education, Mathematics Education
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Woods, Amelia Mays; Richards, K. Andrew R.; Ayers, Suzan F. – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2016
A 10-year trend of nationwide decreases in teacher preparation enrollments has been notable in physical education teacher education (PETE) programs. Many factors have been offered as an explanation for this drop, including the convenience of online options, a strained economy, political factors, and widespread "teacher bashing." This…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Role, Socialization, Social Theories
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Rogotzke, Kathy; Zoellner, Craig; Larson, Kacy; Fallis, Nancy – MathAMATYC Educator, 2010
Concerns about the quality of math and science education in the elementary grades often focus on the shortage of well qualified teachers at that level, a shortage that reflects both a lack of interest among prospective teachers in teaching mathematics and science (Committee on Science, 2007), and the need for solid preparation in mathematics for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Majors, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction
Inverness Research, 2009
The digital age has transformed how work is done in science, health care, the law, journalism, international relations, education, environmental conservation, agriculture, and engineering. To prepare students to thrive in today's society, teachers need to know more about how technologies are used in disciplines and workplaces, and--most…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Professional Development
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Varelas, Maria; Plotnick, Roy; Wink, Donald; Fan, Qian; Harris, Yvonne – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2008
An interdisciplinary team of science and education faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago and several Chicago-area community colleges developed and implemented a series of four integrated, inquiry-based science courses for preservice elementary school teachers. All four courses are based on guiding principles taken from the rich…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Education Majors, Curriculum Development, Preservice Teacher Education
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
This bulletin informs teachers about opportunities to teach overseas under the Educational Exchange program, conducted by the Department of State. These include teacher interchange matchings, one-way teaching assignments for American and foreign teachers here and abroad, and summer seminars for teachers of modern foreign languages, the classics,…
Descriptors: Seminars, International Educational Exchange, Teacher Exchange Programs, Employment Opportunities