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Read, Sylvia – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2008
In this inquiry, I examine the evidence of student learning in an elementary education language arts methods course. Students completed concepts maps that represented their understanding of effective writing instruction at the beginning end of the course. Eighty-one pairs of concepts maps were scored according to established methods. Students…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Methods Courses, Language Arts, Concept Teaching
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Wilburne, Jane M.; Napoli, Mary – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2008
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics calls for students to see relationships and connections with mathematics (2000). This study examined the influences on eight pre-service elementary school teachers' beliefs and knowledge of teaching mathematics through literature. The semester long project involved both the language arts and…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Language Arts, Preservice Teacher Education, Methods Courses
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Hopper, Tim; Sanford, Kathy – Studying Teacher Education, 2008
This article reports the influence of school-integrated teacher education (SITE) courses on student teachers' initial experiences of learning how to teach. We analyse data from five student teachers who reflect back on their experiences of learning to teach through the integrated teaching and learning experiences of SITE courses. The article…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Poetry, Teaching Methods