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Rembach, Lauren; Dison, Laura – Perspectives in Education, 2016
Designing assessment rubrics has become an important pedagogical practice for lecturers in the Wits School of Education (WsoE) in the recognition of writing as a valuable tool for teaching and learning across disciplines. This paper describes and reflects on the process of adapting the SOLO taxonomy (Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes)…
Descriptors: Taxonomy, Scoring Rubrics, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
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Gibson, Susan – Canadian Social Studies, 2012
The author has been teaching pre-service elementary social studies teachers for over 20 years and one thing that always astonishes her is how "fuzzy" they are about why social studies is taught as a subject in schools. When she asks this question in her undergraduate social studies methods classes, she usually gets specific…
Descriptors: Current Events, Student Attitudes, Citizenship Education, Foreign Countries
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Karakas, Mehmet – Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2012
This article provides an example of an innovative science activity applied in a science methods course for future elementary teachers at a small university in northeastern Turkey. The aim of the activity is to help prospective elementary teachers understand the density concept in a simple way and see an innovative teaching example. The instructor…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Science Activities, Drama, Role Playing
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Ambusaidi, Abdullah – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
The aim of this study was to investigate the attitudes of prospective science teachers at Sultan Qaboos University towards and their views about using journal writing in the Methods of Teaching Science course. Twenty-six prospective science teachers were asked to write about each topic in the course in their journal to show their understanding of…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Methods Courses, Science Instruction, Preservice Teacher Education
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Müürsepp, Mare; Kikkull, Andry – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2014
The aim of the study is to clear the significance of craft skills for the pupils in age nine and twelve years. More than 200 pupils were asked to define, what are the most important skills for the pupils of their age. The results bring out that category of the skills related to craft subject is of the most presented categories in pupils' self…
Descriptors: Handicrafts, Fundamental Concepts, Elementary School Students, Skill Analysis
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Boopathiraj, C.; Chellamani, K. – Journal on School Educational Technology, 2015
The aim of this study is to enlighten and discuss Post Graduate student teachers' first time experiences and their level of satisfaction with the use of Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) during their "Research Methods in Education" course offered online. This study investigated 30 pre-service Post Graduate student teachers' to…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Graduate Students
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Hussein, Hussein El-ghamry Mohammad – English Language Teaching, 2016
This study investigated the effect of Blackboard-based instruction on pre-service teachers' achievement in the teaching methods course at The Faculty of Education for Girls, in Bisha, KSA. Forty seventh-level English Department students were randomly assigned into either the experimental group (N = 20) or the control group (N = 20). While studying…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Integrated Learning Systems, Web Based Instruction, Preservice Teachers
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Kinay, Ismail; Bagçeci, Birsen – International Education Studies, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of authentic assessment, an approach used in Scientific Research Methods, on problem solving skills of prospective classroom teachers. The participant groups of the study consisted of sophomore prospective teachers who study at Dicle University in the Ziya Gökalp Education Faculty Classroom…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Performance Based Assessment, Preservice Teachers, Problem Solving
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McDermott, Hilary J.; Dovey, Terence M. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2013
Research methods courses aim to equip students with the knowledge and skills required for research yet seldom include practical aspects of assessment. This reflective practitioner report describes and evaluates an innovative approach to teaching and assessing advanced qualitative research methods to final-year psychology undergraduate students. An…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Research Methodology, Educational Strategies, Methods Courses
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Hantman, Shira; Oz, Miriam Ben; Gutman, Caroline; Criden, Wendy – Gerontology & Geriatrics Education, 2013
This article describes an innovative model for teaching gerontological social work that has been introduced into the social work methods curriculum in the Department of Social Work at a college in northern Israel. The basic concept of the model is to create an alternative learning environment by including older persons as full participants in the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Older Adults, Foreign Countries, Social Work
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Bai, Barry – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2014
Writing is a complex skill that requires effective teaching practices in the classroom. One of the challenges English teachers in the English as a second language (L2) context face is the lack of teacher experience in teaching English writing. This brief paper reports on a small-scale study on helping Hong Kong in-service primary school teachers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Educational Environment, English (Second Language)
Hunter, Roberta; Anthony, Glenda – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
How prospective teachers can best be prepared to teach effectively in mathematics classrooms is a topic of current concern. In this paper, we describe our exploration of ways in which prospective teachers were supported to translate what they learnt in mathematics methods classes into pedagogical practice. We illustrate how the use of discourse…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inquiry, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Skills
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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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Schauber, Holli – GIST Education and Learning Research Journal, 2015
For many pre-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers and their mentors, the theory and practice driven European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages (EPOSTL) occupies a prominent and practical role in their preparation programs as a delivery system of core pedagogical skills and knowledge. Interest in the role that dialogical…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Faculty Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Kilburn, Daniel; Nind, Melanie; Wiles, Rose – British Journal of Educational Studies, 2014
In light of calls to improve the capacity for social science research within UK higher education, this article explores the possibilities for an emerging pedagogy for research methods. A lack of pedagogical culture in this field has been identified by previous studies. In response, we examine pedagogical literature surrounding approaches for…
Descriptors: Social Science Research, Research Methodology, Teacher Researchers, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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