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Morrison, Judith A. – Issues in Teacher Education, 2005
Science notebooks can be a formative assessment tool for both teachers and students to determine: (1) prior knowledge and existing science ideas; (2) how conceptual understanding is being built; (3) procedural understanding; (4) mastery of curriculum goals; and (5) the ability to apply/transfer ideas to new context (Volkmann & Abell, 2003). Using…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Formative Evaluation, Prior Learning
Rubba, Peter A., Ed.; And Others – 1993
This book addresses the question: What is being done to educate current and future teachers of science so that they will be successful in promoting meaningful learning of science? The authors of the 15 chapters in this yearbook explore various dimensions of the preparation and enhancement of teachers of science, including practical and…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Education Courses, Education Majors, Educational Change
Weintraub, Richard – 1970
This report is a compilation and review of research done in the United States in the last 8 years. Believing that it is necessary to have teachers who can empathize and cope with classroom manifestations of constitutional rights, civil rights, unemployment, war and violence the author investigates 3 categories of teacher training: curriculum…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Civil Liberties, Classroom Environment, Controversial Issues (Course Content)
Vannatta, Rachel A.; Reinhart, Paul M. – 1999
This paper presents the results of a 1997-98 Goals 2000 Preservice Teacher Education Grant that created a partnership between the State University of New York at Oswego and two local elementary schools. The program was designed to provide preservice teachers in elementary education and special education methods classes the opportunity to observe…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Technology
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Wilson, Elizabeth K.; Yeager, Elizabeth Anne – Social Studies, 1997
Examines a social studies methods course where preservice teachers explored ways to use a variety of materials and sources to engage middle and high school students in higher order thinking about social studies content, especially with regard to historical thinking. Discusses students' responses. (MJP)
Descriptors: Course Content, Course Objectives, Course Organization, Education Courses
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Stuessy, Carol L. – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Describes the development of a one-semester integrated mathematics and science methods course to introduce preservice elementary teachers to innovative mathematics and science teaching methods called for in current reform movements. Follows the evolution of the course in the areas of content and pedagogical knowledge; teachers as problem solvers;…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development, Education Majors, Elementary Education
Schafer, Larry E., Ed. – 1994
This book describes methods used in the education of science teachers. Chapters in the book and authors are as follows: (1) "Teaching Elementary Teachers How to Use the Learning Cycle for Guided Instruction in Science" (John Staver and Gail Shroyer); (2) "Helping Preservice Teachers Master Authentic Assessment for the Learning Cycle…
Descriptors: Action Research, Constructivism (Learning), Cooperative Learning, Elementary Education
Bruneau, Beverly; And Others – 1993
This study investigated instructional practices in a literacy methods course in a teacher education program that was developing a reflective and integrated approach to university courses and school experiences. Along with coursework, students plan and teach lessons for children in a partnership school in which teachers have begun the process of…
Descriptors: Action Research, Beginning Reading, Conceptual Tempo, Field Experience Programs
National Science Teachers Association, Washington, DC. – 1982
This document highlights areas of concern and proposes selected standards which, if implemented, could result in improved teacher preparation in the sciences and, ultimately, in improved learning experiences for children. These standards are intended to provide guidelines to institutions and agencies desiring to achieve minimal levels of quality…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs
Buffie, Edward G. – 1968
Section 1 of this report reviews the background planning and basic program components of the elementary division acroclinical semester, a 16-credit hour accelerated program designed to correlate instruction in professional methodology with the psychology of learning and student teaching. Section 2 details more fully the scheduling of the 9-member…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Course Content, Educational Media, Educational Psychology
Spencer, Donald D. – 1973
Teachers and teacher-trainees are provided with comprehensive information about how to use computers in secondary school education. The book covers planning, content and methodology and can be used as a text for methods courses in computer science or as an in-depth supplement to texts in mathematics methods. Part I deals with computer science in…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Science, Computer Science Education
Anderson, Linda M.; Holt-Reynolds, Diane – 1995
A content area literacy course is examined to assess how teacher educators might respond to prospective teachers' beliefs in light of the particular goals of a particular course or teacher education experience. Content Area Literacy is a methods course that emphasizes teaching strategies and the rationales underlying them. It is examined to reveal…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Beliefs, Case Studies, Higher Education
Chase, Sue; And Others – 1996
A recurring theme in the social literature is the perceived gap between what faculty in higher education view as the goals of and preferred methods for teaching social studies and those valued and applied by practicing social studies teachers. In 1990, Ohio State University began planning an intensive school-university collaboration in the form of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College School Cooperation, Cooperating Teachers, Faculty Development
Bright, George W.; Vacc, Nancy Nesbitt – 1994
This study examined whether inclusion of cognitively guided instruction (CGI) in a mathematics methods course for 34 undergraduate preservice teachers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro would improve their teaching performance, compared to controls. The Beliefs Survey, with four subscales (Role of the Learner, Relationship between…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
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Doering, Aaron; And Others – Journal of Geography, 1995
Describes GEO-Teach, a project designed to develop a model preservice curriculum for secondary geography teachers. Maintains that it incorporates the National Geography Standards and merges content and pedagogy through cooperation between academic geographers and education faculty. (CFR)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Development
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