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Wood, Linda Sargent – History Teacher, 2012
Methods courses provide a rich opportunity to unpack what it means to "learn history by doing history." To help explain what "doing history" means, the author has created history labs to walk teacher candidates through the historical process. Each lab poses a historical problem, requires analysis of primary and secondary…
Descriptors: History, Parks, Education Majors, Methods Courses
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Scales, Roya Q.; Rogers, Carrie – Professional Educator, 2017
This study of teacher leadership in first-year teachers included the following data sources: survey, follow-up telephone interviews, and teacher leader essays. Fifteen novice teachers responded to the survey, while three participated in follow-up interviews. Results suggest ideas of teacher leadership change from pre-service years to the end of…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Beginning Teachers, Certification, Teacher Educators
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Cervato, Cinzia; Kerton, Charles – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2017
We describe the impact of a hybrid Earth and space science course, taught online and complemented by a 2-hour face-to-face lab, on the science teaching self-efficacy of elementary preservice teachers over a 3-year span. Guided by the two overarching objectives of engaging students in the content and increasing their comfort level with teaching…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Science Teachers
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Porter, Andy; Yang, Rui; Hwang, Jun; McMaken, Jennifer; Rorison, Jamey – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2014
The amount of merit-based scholarship support for graduate students in the United States has increased dramatically. Given this increased investment, does increasing the size of scholarships awarded to the most academically able admitted students substantially increase their probability of enrollment? We found no support for a positive answer to…
Descriptors: Scholarships, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Schools of Education
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Williams, Lindsey R.; Trakarnrung, Somchai – International Journal of Music Education, 2016
The purpose of this investigation was to acquire a better understanding of the decision-making process of Thai pre-service music education students and their expectations of their post-graduation professional activities. Demographic data was gathered as well as self-reported participant influences regarding choosing to major in music education. A…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Music Teachers, Music Education
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Craft, Christy Moran; Augustine-Shaw, Donna; Fairbanks, Amanda; Adams-Wright, Gayla – NACADA Journal, 2016
Because almost one half of students enrolled in American doctoral programs do not complete their degrees, the factors that lead to doctoral student attrition need to be identified. Research suggests that the nature of the advisor-advisee relationship contributes to the persistence levels of doctoral students. In this study, we conducted a content…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Faculty Advisers, Academic Advising
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Murtonen, Mari – Teaching in Higher Education, 2015
University research education in many disciplines is frequently confronted by problems with students' weak level of understanding of research concepts. A mind map technique was used to investigate how students understand central methodological concepts of empirical, theoretical, qualitative and quantitative. The main hypothesis was that some…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Concept Mapping, Concept Formation
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Fox Garrity, Bonnie K. – Educational Studies: Journal of the American Educational Studies Association, 2013
This article offers a quantitative analysis of the growth of for-profit provision of teacher education in the United States. Data from all Title-IV-aid-participating institutions from 1996 to 2008 is analyzed to provide a comprehensive overview of the relative changes in enrollments of education majors at public, not-for-profit, and for-profit…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Enrollment, Public Colleges, Private Colleges
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Gaffney, Jon D. H. – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2013
To address a perennial need to provide K-8 teachers with a solid foundation in science, there are many physics content courses throughout the United States. One such course is Physics and Astronomy for Teachers (PAT), which relies heavily on active-learning strategies. Although PAT is successful in teaching physics content, students sometimes…
Descriptors: Physics, Astronomy, Inquiry, Active Learning
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Vorstenbosch, Marc A. T. M.; Klaassen, Tim P. F. M.; Donders, A. R. T.; Kooloos, Jan G. M.; Bolhuis, Sanneke M.; Laan, Roland F. J. M. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2013
Spatial ability is an important factor in learning anatomy. Students with high scores on a mental rotation test (MRT) systematically score higher on anatomy examinations. This study aims to investigate if learning anatomy also oppositely improves the MRT-score. Five hundred first year students of medicine ("n" = 242, intervention) and…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Spatial Ability, Medical Students, Education Majors
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Hurford, David P.; Fender, Alex C.; Swigart, Courtney C.; Hurford, Thomas E.; Hoover, Brogan B.; Butts, Shanise R.; Cullers, Kayla R.; Boux, Jordan L.; Wehner, Stephanie J.; Hevel, Jordan K.; Renner, Lauren P.; Overton, Keith B.; Dumler, Julie D.; Wilber, Laura M. – Reading Psychology, 2016
Approximately 20% of students experience reading failure each year. One of the difficulties associated with this large percentage is that it has been documented that pre-service teachers may not be receiving the most appropriate training regarding reading acquisition. The present study sought to determine if pre-service teachers were proficient in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Phonology, Phonological Awareness, Reading Skills
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Isman, Aytekin; Canan Gungoren, Ozlem – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2014
Era in which we live is known and referred as digital age.In this age technology is rapidly changed and developed. In light of these technological advances in 21st century, schools have the responsibility of training "digital citizen" as well as a good citizen. Digital citizens must have extensive skills, knowledge, Internet and …
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Technological Literacy, Citizenship, Measures (Individuals)
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Yasar, Pinar; Cronin, Kathleen A. – International Journal of Special Education, 2014
This study addressed the autism awareness of College of Education students in two universities in Turkey. The main purpose of this research study was to conduct a needs assessment to learn more about Turkey's College of Education students' knowledge and awareness of autism. The Autism Awareness of College of Education Students in Turkey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autism, Student Attitudes, Attitudes toward Disabilities
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Mirador, Josephine – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2014
This article discusses the results of an investigation into selected MA in Education students' interpretation of feedback to their written assignments in a teaching and learning institution in the UK, using the framework of cultural capital and acculturation. A case study method was adopted to investigate four participants' thoughts and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Masters Programs, Education Majors, Feedback (Response)
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Collet-Klingenberg, Lana L.; Hribar, Kelsy E.; Fenwick, Delaney K. – Learning Communities: Research & Practice, 2015
First year learning community (LC) freshmen entering as education majors participated in year-long activities related to service learning and leadership development. Activities included fall cohort classes with shared content, a common read, and a spring seminar that included leadership learning, fund raising, and a short-term service project in…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Communities of Practice, College Freshmen, Education Majors
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