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Ma, Hongming – Research in Science Education, 2021
Science education researchers have found that instructional design focusing more on learners' affective needs can be powerful in nurturing effective and exciting science learning. This paper reports a qualitative study exploring how learners' situational affective experiences are influenced by the interplay of their habitual affective attributes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Methods Courses
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Hine, Gregory; Herbert, Sandra – Issues in Educational Research, 2022
Teacher education programs are pivotal in the professional preparation and formation of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers (PSMTs), but there appears to be a lack of understanding of how best to prepare PSMTs for the profession. The purpose of this study was to examine and monitor changes over time in PSMTs' views about approaches to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change, Mathematics Instruction
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Nielsen, Wendy; Turney, Annette; Georgiou, Helen; Jones, Pauline – Learning: Research and Practice, 2020
A "digital explanation" is a science learning task where learners explain science content to non-expert others, in this case, the learners are primary preservice teachers [PST] in a science methods class. In the task, PST are assigned a prompt based on science content from the New South Wales K-6 syllabus and generate or source multiple…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
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Ma, Hongming; Green, Monica M. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2021
Although teaching science outdoors is well established in global circles, its pedagogical value in Australia is less understood. This paper addresses this gap through its investigation of outdoor science teaching in a science method course in a teacher education program at an Australian regional university. As part of their coursework, pre-service…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Attitude Change
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Deehan, James; McKinnon, David H.; Danaia, Lena – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2019
If the declines in interest and performance within school science are to be reversed, it is imperative that competent and confident teachers deliver quality science experiences. This paper reports on the long-term implementation of two complementary, student-centered tertiary science methods courses that integrated instruction in content with…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Self Efficacy, Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers
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Shaw, Sara – English in Australia, 2017
It was week three of the first semester of the author's Master of Teaching degree at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and already lecturers were talking about first assignments. In the English method unit, students were required to write a reflective autobiographical narrative inquiring into particular critical incidents from past…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education, Masters Programs, English Instruction
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Crawford, Renée; Jenkins, Louise E. – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
In an era of accountability government and industry bodies are mandating that teacher education programs provide evidence of their impact. This paper provides an example of evidence-based practice, exploring how a team teaching and blended learning approach influenced the development of pre-service teachers (PSTs) competency skills and knowledge.…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Team Teaching, Blended Learning, Units of Study
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Crawford, Renée; Jenkins, Louise – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2017
Increased accessibility of advanced technology, the targeted use of online learning platforms, student flexible learning expectations and the pressures of faculty budget constraints and priorities have called into question the effectiveness of traditional tertiary teaching and learning models. The tertiary education context must evolve at a pace…
Descriptors: Blended Learning, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Teaching Methods
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Jones, Lorraine; Allen, Bill; Dunn, Peter; Brooker, Lesley – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
Marking-criteria rubrics are commonly used to judge the quality of student work, but few students receive instruction to effectively use and apply rubrics. This study investigates an intervention designed to encourage effective utilisation of rubrics. The study, completed over two years (2011: n = 189 respondents; 2012: n = 464 respondents) in a…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Scoring Formulas, Evaluation Criteria, Intervention
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Bergin, Adele J.; Jimmieson, Nerina L. – Journal of College Student Development, 2017
We examined the relationship between university outcome expectations and student adjustment using 2 samples of business students. Study 1 (N = 135) reveals that, for students with high academic self-efficacy, outcome expectations had a positive association with satisfaction; in contrast, for students with low academic self-efficacy, outcome…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Business Administration Education, Outcomes of Education, Self Efficacy
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Zimbardi, Kirsten; Myatt, Paula – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
Undergraduate research experiences provide students with opportunities to engage in high-impact experiential learning. Although prevalent in the sciences, there are now extensive banks of case studies demonstrating the use of undergraduate research as an educationally enriching activity across many disciplines. This study investigated the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Experiential Learning, Student Research, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Harte, Wendy; Reitano, Paul – Journal of Geography, 2016
The assessment task of the final course in a bachelor of secondary education program is examined for opportunities for preservice geography teachers to achieve the course aims of integrating, consolidating, applying, and reflecting on the knowledge and skills they have learned during their initial teacher education program. The results show that…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Geography Instruction, Inquiry, Task Analysis
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Gronn, Donna; Romeo, Geoff; Sheely, Stephen – Australian Educational Computing, 2013
In 2011 all Australian teacher education institutions participated in the Teaching Teachers of the Future project. Each institution introduced initiatives adapted to their particular institutional context. At ACU we adopted an approach based on providing resources reflecting authentic classroom practices coupled with providing support staff to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Technology Integration, Methods Courses
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Palmer, David; Dixon, Jeanette; Archer, Jennifer – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2015
Many preservice primary teachers have low self-efficacy for science teaching. Although science methods courses have often been shown to enhance self-efficacy, science content courses have been relatively ineffective in this respect. This study investigated whether a tailored science content course would enhance self-efficacy. The participants were…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Interviews
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Williams, Michelle; Sutton, Paul – Australian Educational Computing, 2013
The Teaching Teachers to the Future project provided an opportunity to try a new idea within the ICT and Pedagogy methods subject of the Bachelor of Education program. We believed that deliberately helping pre-service teachers transition from being an online learners to online teachers, coaches and facilitators would assist these new teachers to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
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