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Myers, Joy; Tracy, Kelly; Wall, Amanda; Smetana, Linda D.; Ikpeze, Chinwe H.; Kline, Sonia M.; Raskauskas, Jenn; Scales, Roya Q.; McQuitty, Vicki; Hickey, Pamela – Reading Horizons, 2022
A team of teacher education researchers conducted a qualitative study to explore how teacher candidates viewed the teacher's role in teaching students to write. Participants (N = 107) enrolled in writing-focused methods courses across four universities completed a reflective quick write near the end of the course. Since writing is a complex and…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Writing Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes
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Kerbs, Macie; Pule, Heather – Reading Horizons, 2023
Preservice teachers (PSTs) come to teacher education programs after many years as students in the K-12 school system--a system that is focused on standardized testing and inauthentic literacy practices. These experiences have shaped PSTs' personal literacy identities and their view of reading pedagogy, many times for the negative. In an effort to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Instructional Design, Methods Courses
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Colwell, Ryan – Reading Horizons, 2018
This article describes The Bare Book Project, a writing and research project that challenged pre-service and in-service teachers to create their own original pieces of children's literature, and use aspects of their personal writing as models for students in elementary school classrooms. Building on research regarding teacher modeling in writing…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Developed Materials
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Lipp, Jamie; Helfrich, Sarah – Reading Horizons, 2016
Illiteracy is on the rise in the United States, and the potential negative impact on today's struggling reader is devastating. Now more than ever, preparing pre-service teachers to be effective teachers of literacy is crucial. This study examined the growth in understandings of best practice literacy of eleven pre-service teachers through paired…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Best Practices, Literacy
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Roberts, Sherron Killingsworth; Blanch, Norine; Gurjar, Nandita – Reading Horizons, 2017
Writing circles are "small groups... meeting regularly to share drafts, choose common writing topics, practice positive response, and in general, help each other become better writers" (Vopat, 2009, p. 6). In this exploratory study, writing circles were employed with elementary teacher candidates in hopes of enhancing their perceptions…
Descriptors: Collaborative Writing, Preservice Teachers, Writing Workshops, Writing Skills
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Wepner, Shelley B.; Tao, Liqing; Ziomek, Nancy M. – Reading Horizons, 2006
What can we realistically expect teacher educators to do with technology, given the contexts in which they find themselves, the skills that they bring to their contexts, and the changes that they would need to make? We attempt to answer this question through three self-studies as we integrated technology into methods courses and student teaching…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Case Studies, Educational Technology, Methods Courses