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Ponder, Jennifer; Vander Veldt, Michelle; Lewis-Ferrell, Genell – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2011
This article explores how 12 classroom teachers, enrolled in one of the author's graduate social studies methods course, used service-learning as an instructional tool to help students practice active participation in their community and beyond, while also recognizing the relevance of academic coursework as they applied their knowledge and skills…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Methods Courses, Community Needs, Teacher Education Curriculum
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Burton, Megan; Daane, C. J.; Giesen, Judy – Issues in the Undergraduate Mathematics Preparation of School Teachers, 2008
This study compared content knowledge for teaching mathematics differences between elementary pre-service teachers in a traditional versus an experimental mathematics methods course. The experimental course replaced 20 minutes of traditional methods, each class, with an intervention of elementary mathematics content. The difference between groups…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Teacher Education Curriculum, Mathematics Instruction, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Thomas, Jeff – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2011
This study addresses preservice teachers' perceptions toward online experiences, specifically, their perceptions about utilizing an online science methods curriculum versus a traditional methods curriculum. Thirty-eight senior level preservice teachers at a midwestern U.S. university completed surveys about their experiences during their methods…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Curriculum Implementation