This study examined views of the human relationship with the natural world and understandings about the nature of science (NOS) held by preservice elementary teachers in the context of Taiwan. The participants included 54 third-year students enrolled in the departments of science education and mathematics education at a teacher college. Data were…

The Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 issues of "UPDATE: Applications of Research in Music Education," in one print volume, presents hard facts and statistical data in a style that can be easily understood and appreciated by music researchers, teachers, graduates, and undergraduates alike. Includes advice to first-year music teachers, instrument…

This paper adds to the research studies on prospective elementary school teachers' mathematics knowledge with findings on proportional reasoning. In addition to analyzing prospective elementary school teachers' solution strategies for solving a missing value proportion task, it also examines the nature of the drawings and writing they used to…

The purpose of this research was to identify the impact of a teacher education program on its graduates' success. More specifically, what characteristics or themes do graduates of a teacher education program self-report as being effective components of their training? The research question was, "What characteristics do teacher education graduates…

This study focuses on the perspectives of pre-service teachers exposed to cases in an educational psychology course. It considers how students view cases and how their thoughts, beliefs, and attitudes regarding case-based activities change throughout the semester. Both qualitative and quantitative data (participating observations, interviews,…

This paper describes the use of research to shift a traditional teacher preparation program, that teaches all courses on the university campus, toward having a focus on "becoming a member of an urban education community," including teaching university courses at an urban elementary school and including community involvement in the…

ACHIEVE Mississippi was founded at Mississippi State University to infuse problem-based learning (PBL) and studio-based learning (SBL) into the field of teaching. The secondary education program area infused SBL into secondary majors' Planning and Managing Learning class and Methods of Teaching classes. SBL offered authentic ways for teacher…

CalState TEACH, a new alternative path to the Multiple Subject CLAD (Crosscultural, Language, and Academic Development) teaching credential, is an 18-month program that culminates in a preliminary credential and 39 semester units of credit. Designed specifically for site-based electronic learning with an integrated curriculum that includes all…

This report examines the history of standards in teacher education, sketching the results of major studies and projects that have recommended standards for teacher education. The report offers a definition of standards, examples of standard-setting efforts over the years, efforts by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education,…

It is a challenge in areas of teacher education to find relative and meaningful classroom methods to teach educational theories and practices. Often, when preservice and inservice teachers are presented with educational theory, they resist absorbing its value because of disconnection with their personal experiences. Specifically, public theory…

This study ascertained public school cooperating teachers' judgments of important student teacher characteristics, noting their suggestions for modifying the curriculum and developing characteristics that student teachers need to teach in public schools. First, a group of 12 cooperating teachers and their student teachers listed important student…

This paper provides the background for a workshop designed to stimulate interaction between case writers for research and case writers for teaching around the practical challenges of fieldwork. The first section defines the workshop format (panel presentations, group discussions, and a plenary session). It also describes four major issues to be…

This study explored first-year distance education students' experiences in an innovative early childhood "Teachers as Researchers" class that required a collaborative student research project. Distance education students comprised about 25 percent of the total class, and requirements for on-site and distance students were kept as similar as…

This paper describes an early childhood Professional Development School (PDS) partnership between an all kindergarten elementary school and a comprehensive state university, focusing on the process of collaboration between partners. The process began in the spring 2002 semester, with the school principal inviting the university faculty and PDS…

The technology teaching lab program at Ohio State University at Mansfield is a series of 2-hour labs that runs concurrently with preservice methods blocks. The purpose of the lab is to give the students the experience necessary to integrate technology into their classroom. The lab provides the students with instruction, opportunities, and…