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Sions, Hannah Kim – Art Education, 2022
The widespread visibility of George Floyd's murder forced many to confront the realities of police brutality and racial inequities in the United States. Educational institutions, businesses, school divisions, and professional organizations (such as the American Educational Research Association [2020] and National Art Education Association [2020])…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Social Justice, Elementary Education, Art Education
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Parkes, Kelly A.; Rawlings, Jared R. – Contributions to Music Education, 2019
Preparing to become a music teacher educator is a complex process and one component of this process should be learning to model, demonstrate, and teach assessment practices to preservice music educators. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to discover how, and to what extent, music teacher educators (MTEs) are educated about…
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education
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Corum, Kimberly; Garofalo, Joe – Mathematics Teacher Educator, 2019
Incorporating modeling activities into classroom instruction requires flexibility with pedagogical content knowledge and the ability to understand and interpret students' thinking, skills that teachers often develop through experience. One way to support preservice mathematics teachers' (PSMTs) proficiency with mathematical modeling is by…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics, Authentic Learning, Mathematical Models
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Barron, Kenneth E.; Apple, Kevin J. – Teaching of Psychology, 2014
Coursework in statistics and research methods is a core requirement in most undergraduate psychology programs. However, is there an optimal way to structure and sequence methodology courses to facilitate student learning? For example, should statistics be required before research methods, should research methods be required before statistics, or…
Descriptors: Statistics, Methods Courses, Core Curriculum, Undergraduate Students
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Murphy, Chad – Journal of Political Science Education, 2015
One of the biggest challenges students face in any undergraduate methods course is a lack of confidence in their mathematical abilities, leading to a struggle for both retention of information and for continued involvement in research-based courses. In my article, I present a new approach to improving self-efficacy in undergraduate methods…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Self Efficacy, Methods Courses, Research Skills
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Wood, Linda Sargent – History Teacher, 2012
Methods courses provide a rich opportunity to unpack what it means to "learn history by doing history." To help explain what "doing history" means, the author has created history labs to walk teacher candidates through the historical process. Each lab poses a historical problem, requires analysis of primary and secondary…
Descriptors: History, Parks, Education Majors, Methods Courses
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Frank, Toya Jones; Williams, Monique Apollon – North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2016
We conducted a self-study to learn more about how to support the first author's pre-service teachers (PSTs) during their field experiences in an introductory secondary mathematics methods course. The findings highlight how the PSTs' perceptions of the secondary students' mathematics ability was closely related to how they viewed the students'…
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Field Experience Programs
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Saville, Bryan K.; Cox, Troy; O'Brien, Sean; Vanderveldt, Ariana – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2011
Several studies suggest that interteaching improves student learning more than traditional lectures, but few have examined which components of interteaching contribute to its efficacy. We examined whether the lecture component of interteaching affected students' exam grades and cumulative point totals in a research methods course. Although…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Research Methodology, Lecture Method
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Andersen, Lori; Matkins, Juanita Jo – Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 2011
This study examined the effect of using blogs as reflective journals during a methods course and practicum period on preservice science teacher reflections. The researchers investigated blogging and commenting as potential catalysts for critical reflection using an action research approach. The participants were 10 graduate preservice secondary…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Web Sites, Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Baker, Marianne; Martin, Doris; Pence, Holly – Childhood Education, 2008
In examining their elementary teacher education program at James Madison University, from their mission to the curriculum and program delivery, the authors used the opportunity to focus explicitly on peace education. The mission and content of teacher education programs are determined largely by the faculty of the institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Childrens Literature, Higher Education, Required Courses
Colvin, A. Vonnie – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (JOPERD), 2007
In order to prepare outstanding teachers, it is essential to provide opportunities for teacher candidates to use the theory learned in the college classroom in a "real physical education class." It is difficult to accomplish this when the university has so many physical education teacher education (PETE) majors that they overwhelm a…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Preservice Teacher Education, Physical Education, Majors (Students)
Davis, S. John – 1981
Teacher certification has become encrusted with a series of complex and fragmented requirements that do not necessarily assure effective teachers. To suggest a change in the maze of intricate and rigid rules of required courses in subject specialties is certain to create a time consuming and divisive political reaction; yet educators and the…
Descriptors: Educational Responsibility, Higher Education, Methods Courses, Schools of Education
Smallwood, Betty Ansin – 1998
The project described here evaluated the extent to which the Alexandria (Virginia) Head Start program addresses the needs of preschool English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and provided teachers with training to enhance their students' language development. While over 40 percent of the children spoke a language other than English as their first…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Pluralism, Diversity (Student)