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Blackmore, Jill – Critical Studies in Education, 2010
This paper provides a critical review of papers in this special issue on Bourdieu and practice. What is different about this collection is that, in analysing policy and practice through a Bourdieusian lens, the thinking tools of field, disposition (collective and individual), logics of practice and doxa have been mobilised with regard to the…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Social Stratification, Articulation (Education), Educational Change
O'Sullivan, Gary – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2008
The paper describes the development of an Integrated Curriculum Science and Technology subject offering as part of the Bachelor of Education (Teaching) degree for primary pre-service teachers at Massey University in New Zealand. The paper discusses some of the difficulties and concerns which arise when pursuing this type of endeavour. This paper…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Problem Based Learning, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Sawchuk, Stephen – Education Week, 2011
School after school in the Phoenix area has a banner hanging on the side of the building: iTeachAZ. It is shorthand for Arizona State University's new flagship undergraduate teacher education program, which integrates several high-profile--and hotly debated--reforms to teacher preparation today. Under the program, which debuted formally this…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Majors, Undergraduate Study, Teacher Education Programs
Watson, Danielle – Journal of College Teaching & Learning, 2010
The value of reflective journaling as an effective strategy to enhance learning has been explored by several writers. Many see it as a way of approaching learning to enhance the understanding of factors influencing or hindering the learning process and the development of meaning through critical thinking skills. The underlying purpose of the study…
Descriptors: Writing Processes, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Teaching Methods
Smith, Glenn Gordon; Gerretson, Helen; Olkun, Sinan; Joutsenlahti, Jorma – Hacettepe University Journal of Education, 2010
This study investigated whether infusing "causal" story elements into mathematical word problems improves student performance. In one experiment in the USA and a second in USA, Finland and Turkey, undergraduate elementary education majors worked word problems in three formats: 1) standard (minimal verbiage), 2) potential causation…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Word Problems (Mathematics)
Lim, Sze Chung Raymond; Cheung, Wing Sum; Hew, Khe Foon – New Horizons in Education, 2011
Background: In the last decade, asynchronous online discussion forums have become a primary focus of many educational researchers. Some advocates believed that the process of typing out messages in itself can promote in-depth critical thinking skills. Nevertheless, empirical research has not provided much support for this claim in natural…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Opinions, Foreign Countries, Critical Thinking
Leyser, Yona; Zeiger, Tali; Romi, Shlomo – International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 2011
The impact of three variables on the self-efficacy of 992 general and special education preservice teachers was examined. These variables were years of preservice education, experience with children with special educational needs, and training in inclusion or exceptional education. All participants responded to a teacher self-efficacy scale that…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Majors, Preservice Teachers, Educational Needs
Pelter, Libbie S. W.; Amico, Andrea; Gordon, Natalie; Martin, Chylah; Sandifer, Dessalyn; Pelter, Michael W. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2008
In this inquiry-based activity, the usefulness of thin-layer chromatography (TLC) to visualize the difference between spearmint and peppermint is explored. The experiment may be used in any class where TLC is discussed from high school to college. We have used this activity with science majors in an organic chemistry laboratory, with non-science…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Elementary Education, Organic Chemistry, Chemistry
Waring, Scott M.; Torrez, Cheryl A. Franklin – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2010
This article focuses on the use of digital primary sources to teach historical perspective to preservice teachers. Discussed here are the experiences of 90 elementary education majors during their inquiry-based elementary social studies methods course. A variety of digital primary sources were used to teach historical perspective and to model…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Education Majors, Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses
Chamberlin, Michelle; Powers, Robert – Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 2010
Mathematics instructors must respond to diverse needs of individual students, including different abilities, interests, learning styles and cultural backgrounds. To do so, grade kindergarten-12 teachers have been using differentiated instruction, a process of proactively modifying instruction based on students' needs. It is supported by literature…
Descriptors: Education Majors, College Students, Mathematics Education, College Mathematics
Botas, Paulo Charles Pimentel – Higher Education Review, 2009
This article explores from a sociological perspective how MA students of Education perceive the impact of their teachers' research activities on the quality of teaching and learning in higher education in the UK. It originates from a qualitative research design, from in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 43 postgraduate (MA) students of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Interviews, Teacher Researchers
Thompson, Franklin – Journal of Invitational Theory and Practice, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine teacher dispositions within an undergraduate and graduate education course aimed at helping students gain a better appreciation for lifelong multicultural education. Education majors (N = 202) from a Midwestern metropolitan university were asked to rate the viability of 13 dispositions as a training and…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Graduate Study, Education Courses, Multicultural Education
Thomas, Brian C. – Physics Teacher, 2009
In this paper I describe an in-class discussion activity aimed at helping elementary education majors in a physical science course think about issues surrounding the inclusion of "Intelligent Design" in public school science standards. I discuss the background instruction given, the content of the activity, and some results from its use in class.
Descriptors: Education Majors, Elementary Education, Scientific Concepts, Physical Sciences
Soto, Amanda Christina; Lum, Chee-Hoo; Campbell, Patricia Shehan – Journal of Research in Music Education, 2009
University-community collaborations are a fairly recent phenomenon, which has often been manifested through the establishment of university partnerships with schools. This research sought to document the process and outcomes of a university-school collaboration called Music Alive! in the Valley (MAV), a yearlong partnership between 33 university…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Music Education, Music, Mexican Americans
Chimka, Justin R.; Lowe, Lauren Holloway – Educational Research and Reviews, 2008
This is the second in a series of articles describing ongoing research that involves studying engineering college student graduation using Cox proportional hazards models. The first article, called "Proportional hazards models of graduation," was based on main effects models of graduation controlling for descriptors such as in-state residence,…
Descriptors: Graduation, Educational Attainment, Interaction, Educational Research