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Evgenieva, Emilia; Arslan, Serife – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2012
The professional qualification of teachers is a derivative of the career development system, the lifelong study model, the expected efficiency of the learning process and others. Motivating a teacher with regard to the need for continuous development depends on the order of the profession with respect to other professions, the remuneration, the…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Teaching Methods, Teacher Qualifications, Foreign Countries
Riedinger, Kelly; Marbach-Ad, Gili; McGinnis, J. Randy; Hestness, Emily; Pease, Rebecca – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2011
We investigated curricular and pedagogical innovations in an undergraduate science methods course for elementary education majors at the University of Maryland. The goals of the innovative elementary science methods course included: improving students' attitudes toward and views of science and science teaching, to model innovative science teaching…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Education Majors, Field Trips, Elementary School Science
Diffenauer, Deborah A. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study examined the relationship between demographic characteristics, level of job satisfaction, and current/preferred organizational culture in a sample of 139 off-campus military degree program participants. Responses were received from undergraduate students in the fields of engineering, applied sciences and arts, and education. "The Job…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Engineering, Undergraduate Students, Subcultures
Kobayashi, Michiko – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2012
Technology integration is an approach which has been stressed in higher education in the USA for several decades. Many colleges and universities now offer online courses and encourage faculty to incorporate technology into courses. Technology integration in teacher education courses is particularly important. In general, pre-service teachers are…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Online Courses
Ebrahim, Ali H. – Education, 2012
This study examined educational factors that positively influenced the confidence of students training to be elementary science educators (self efficacy). Specifically, it compared the impacts of a science method course and a practicum teaching course on Kuwait University students. Using a pre/post design, The Science Teaching Efficacy Belief…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, Practicums
Silverman, Michael J. – International Journal of Music Education, 2011
Guitar songleading is a critical component in music education and music therapy training curricula. However, at present, there is no standardized instrument to evaluate guitar songleading performance that is both valid and reliable. The purpose of this article is to describe the construction, development, and testing of a guitar songleading…
Descriptors: Musical Instruments, Singing, Leadership, Performance Based Assessment
Fayer, Lisbeth Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The level of inquiry in science education has been the subject of a great deal of research by organizations such as The National Resource Council, The National Science Teachers Association, and The National Science Resources Center. Although inquiry has been promulgated as best practice, most colleges have not included inquiry science instruction…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Student Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Likert Scales
Rogotzke, Kathy; Zoellner, Craig; Larson, Kacy; Fallis, Nancy – MathAMATYC Educator, 2010
Concerns about the quality of math and science education in the elementary grades often focus on the shortage of well qualified teachers at that level, a shortage that reflects both a lack of interest among prospective teachers in teaching mathematics and science (Committee on Science, 2007), and the need for solid preparation in mathematics for…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Majors, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction
Jenkins, Rick; Butler, Sharon; Mitchell, Suzanne – Arkansas Department of Higher Education, 2014
The purpose of this report on Arkansas STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) program activity is to inform education and policy makers about the need to prepare and graduate more students with degrees in STEM related fields as defined by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Arkansas is witnessing a significant…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Enrollment Trends, Graduation Rate, Two Year Colleges
Fry, Sara Winstead; Villagomez, Amanda – College Teaching, 2012
Writing to learn is a pedagogical approach grounded in the belief that the reasoning required to write about a topic or concept will help students gain understanding. However, research indicates that the impact writing has on student learning depends on context. Using a mixed-method, quasi-experimental, repeated measures design, we examined how…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Course Content, Writing (Composition), Writing Instruction
Balgopal, Meena M.; Wallace, Alison M.; Dahlberg, Steven – Environmental Education Research, 2012
Being an ecologically literate citizen involves making decisions that are based on ecological knowledge and accepting responsibility for personal actions. Using writing-to-learn activities in college science courses, we asked students to consider personal dilemmas that they or others might have in response to how human choices can impact coastal…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Undergraduate Students, Elementary Education, American Indian Studies
Everson, Susan Toft – Peabody Journal of Education, 2009
This article presents the case of a professional doctorate program in educational leadership at Saint Louis University (SLU). This Ed.D. program was designed to prepare students for executive leadership positions in school districts, distinguishing it from SLU's Ph.D. program that prepares students for research or academic positions. This article…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Instructional Leadership, Education Majors, Higher Education
Syljuberget, Dan R. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
With the highest attrition rate of any minority group enrolled in higher education institutions, American Indian/Alaska Native students rightly garner considerable attention. Researchers and administrators study the factors for both attrition and persistence. Such scrutiny calls for studies of those individuals who successfully navigated the…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Higher Education, State Colleges, Elementary Education
Topcu, Mustafa Sami – Evaluation & Research in Education, 2010
This study aimed to develop and validate the Attitudes towards Socioscientific Issues Scale (ATSIS) for undergraduate students. In the first step, data were collected from 160 undergraduate students from the departments of science education and elementary education to provide validity of the scale. In light of the results of an exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Attitude Measures, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
Hartzell, Stephanie Allyssa – ProQuest LLC, 2012
There is an abundance of literature on young individuals who show early signs of talent and on older individuals who have demonstrated their abilities throughout the years. This research aims to look at those individuals who are in between, that is, graduate students who have the demonstrated potential to achieve within their fields of study. This…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Talent Development, Student Characteristics, Academically Gifted