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Hoffman, Brooke Y. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This dissertation examines the developing understandings of teacher candidates being prepared to teach ELs in general education PreK-12 classrooms. As the ethnic and linguistic diversity in U.S. classrooms continue to increase, it is crucial that teacher candidates receive high-quality, effective training in teaching culturally and linguistically…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, English Language Learners, Teacher Competencies, Elementary Secondary Education
Mattise, Mary Christina – ProQuest LLC, 2014
The purpose of this study was to explore explanatory values provided by tenets of attachment theory for understanding roles that intra- and interpersonal dimensions of preservice teachers' professional dispositions play in shaping conflict styles employed by individuals in managing student behaviors in socioculturally-diverse classrooms.…
Descriptors: Values, Attachment Behavior, Interpersonal Relationship, Preservice Teachers
Southall, Sarah Parker – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this mixed-method study was to investigate digital native preservice teachers' self-efficacy beliefs regarding their technology experiences and skills at the beginning and at the end of their field placement semester. Digital natives, as defined by Prensky (2001), are students born after 1980 who have been raised with digital media…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Technology Integration
Hester, Charlotte V. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The present study investigated the strengths and areas of improvement for elementary music teacher preparation from the perspective of multiple members of a single body of music teachers. Subjects for the study were elementary music teachers from an urban school district in the southern United States. All elementary music teachers in the school…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Music Education, Teaching Methods, Lesson Plans
Lewis, Carrie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
With the unveiling of the National Educational Technology Plan 2010, both preservice and inservice K12 teachers in the United States are expected to create a classroom environment that fosters the creation of digital citizens. However, it is unclear whether or not teacher education programs build this direct instruction, or any other method of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Teacher Competency Testing
El-Ashry, Fathi Rezk – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Research on pre-service teachers' perspectives toward inclusion in the Egyptian context is almost non-existent. Given this dearth of research, the purpose of this study was to examine pre-service teachers' attitudes toward including students with special needs in general education classrooms in Egypt. More specifically, this study examined the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Negative Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries