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Rasinski, Timothy V., Ed.; Padak, Nancy D., Ed. – 1993
This 1993 yearbook presents 20 papers and summaries of the dissertation award winner "Content Literacy in High School Social Studies: A Focus on One Teacher's Beliefs and Decisions about Classroom Discussions" (E. G. Sturtevant) and the thesis award winner "Effects of Direct Instruction of Story Grammar on Story Writing and Reading…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Content Area Reading, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textFeatherstone, Helen; And Others – 1993
This report describes the first year of an ongoing intervention study and the learning of a group of teachers who are working together to make changes in the ways they teach mathematics. The document presents a vision of mathematics education based on research in cognitive psychology which indicates that learners construct knowledge rather than…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Demonstration Programs, Education Courses, Elementary School Mathematics
Bercik, Janet T. – 1989
Language Arts is an area which covers many subjects, each important, each one interdependent upon the other. Prospective teachers, first and foremost, should have the various language theories reviewed in their methods courses. Practical classroom activities--such as keeping spelling lists, practicing creative writing, and sharing…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Communication Skills, Education Majors, Educational Theories
Osburne, Andrea G. – 1987
A survey of master's level English language teacher trainees in a Chinese university examined prevailing attitudes toward a methodology course and compared them to previous findings. Students were asked to rate course quality and the quantity of various course materials and tasks. The results showed an overall positive reaction to the course, with…
Descriptors: Chinese Culture, Cultural Context, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Tucker, Linda; And Others – 1985
Pertinent to potential recommendations for communication training in teacher preparation, a study investigated prospective teachers' intended use of communication control strategies in managing student misbehaviors. As an extension of previous instructional research, a typology of common student misbehavior types (active/passive) and intensity…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Communication Problems, Communication Research
HANNA, LYLE; AND OTHERS – 1967
PROJECT "TEACH" WAS ESTABLISHED TO IMPROVE THE EDUCATION OF TEACHERS OF THE DISADVANTAGED. IN THE AREA OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, SEVERAL GOALS WERE SET AND MET. (1) PROFESSORS OF SECONDARY EDUCATION WERE ASSISTED IN CHANGING CURRICULUM AND INCREASING THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CULTURE OF POVERTY BY INSTITUTING ON-SITE COURSES IN METHODS…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Schools
Rezba, Richard J. – 1978
The author suggests ways reading can be integrated with science and describes the reading activities in an elementary science methods course. The activities include: (1) selecting a science tradebook for children to review and for the teacher to analyze vocabulary; (2) helping children review science tradebooks; and (3) encouraging independent…
Descriptors: Elementary School Science, Higher Education, Integrated Activities, Interdisciplinary Approach
Cook, Donna Lee Logsdon – 1976
This study sought to determine how the English methods course is taught in Maryland colleges and to evaluate its effectiveness in preparing undergraduate English majors for their first years of teaching in Maryland schools. Questionnaires were completed by one methods teacher at each of 12 Maryland colleges, by one supervisor of beginning English…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Course Evaluation, Doctoral Dissertations, English Education
Mackey, William Francis – 1971
The nature and function of teacher education for prospective language teachers is seen to comprise four main components: (1) academic, (2) theoretical, (3) technical, and (4) practical. Academic courses assure that the future language teacher masters the target language and is familiar with its culture. Theoretical courses on language didactics…
Descriptors: Instructional Improvement, Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Methods Courses
Institute for Development of Educational Activities, Dayton, OH. – 1970
The purpose of this symposium was to enable the participants to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of their teacher training after 3 to 5 years of classroom experience. They had had practically no preservice experience in being able to relate to the special problems of teenagers, employ worthwhile teaching innovations, or cope with typical…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Conferences, Educational Innovation, Evaluation
Boze, Nancy Smith – 1966
Through the completion of a questionnaire-rating scale, three juries composed of authorities in education and English, of communication arts coordinators, and of outstanding English teachers helped to identify and rank common competencies and concepts that all prospective English teachers should acquire in their English methods courses, and…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Educational Needs, Educational Philosophy, English Education
Taska, Betty K. – 1974
Recent political, social, and economic changes in sub-Saharan Africa have created a new demand for English teaching on a vast scale. The immediate aim of English teaching programs in the French-speaking countries should be to increase the number of national teachers of English who can supply the local school systems. Teacher training programs in…
Descriptors: Audiolingual Methods, Books, Developing Nations, English (Second Language)
Ban, John; And Others – 1974
This report represents efforts by the secondary education team at Indiana University Northwest to reorganize its secondary teacher education program. The new program evolved from the professional roles that the team envisioned for its graduates and the behavioral competencies needed to fulfill these roles. A model was designed to characterize the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Teacher Education, Methods Courses, Program Improvement
Chambers, Joanna F., Comp. – 1976
This booklet is the fourth annual listing of "Teacher Education Programs for Bilingual Education in U.S. Colleges and Universities." Inquiries were made to all state departments of education and many institutions of higher learning. Within the alphabetically-arranged state listings, programs are grouped according to levels: paraprofessional…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teacher Aides, Bilingual Teachers, College Programs
Rearick, Mary L. – 1997
This paper describes a tool called the Professional Development Project (PDP) that helps preservice teachers become reflective teachers. Action research in a course for preservice teachers, "Reading and Literature in the Schools," from 1993 through 1996 led to the development of the PDP. Action research helps students become reflective…
Descriptors: Action Research, Case Studies, College Students, Educational Research
