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Engineering STEM Teacher Learning: Using a Museum-Based Field Experience to Foster STEM Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge for Engineering
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Lau, Matty; Multani, Satbir – Advances in STEM Education, 2018
Empowering students to utilize science and mathematics to solve the world's problems is needed to prepare them for their future. To do that, science and mathematics teachers must know how to integrate engineering into their classrooms. In this chapter, we describe a novel museum-based field experience for novice science and mathematics teachers to…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, STEM Education, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Science Teachers
Combating Bias through Asset-Based Teaching
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Hayslip, Ann – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 2020
Within an early childhood methods course, teacher candidates were prepared to spend three weeks in immersive clinical field experience. Early childhood placements were in rural, high poverty areas of central New York State. In addition to readings and authentic project-based undertakings, preparation included interactive activities on culturally…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Social Justice, Early Childhood Education, Methods Courses
Integrating Collaborative Learning inside and outside of the Classroom
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Love, Anne Goodsell; Dietrich, Alexa; Fitzgerald, Jason; Gordon, David – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2014
Wagner College's academic program emphasizes interdisciplinary study, experiential learning, and reflection on theory and practice. The curriculum is enhanced by a rich array of opportunities in New York City. In the course of their undergraduate studies, students enroll in three learning communities, two of which include experiential learning and…
Descriptors: College Students, Cooperative Learning, Interdisciplinary Approach, Communities of Practice
The Scary World of Middle School: How to Be Sure Your Kids Are Ready
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Adams, Caralee – Instructor, 2008
Middle school, which is generally thought of as sixth to eighth grades, is not easy for anybody. It is a rough time to be a student, and a tough age to teach. Teachers are expected to ease the transition of students from elementary to middle school. However, if you are an elementary teacher, you may not know what kids will be facing in middle…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Middle Schools, Field Experience Programs, Teacher Education
Handbook for Students, Teachers and Parents. BOCES/SCOPE Outdoor Learning Laboratory at Sunken Meadow.
Long Island State Park and Recreation Commission, NY.
Since 1971 a fully equipped learning laboratory building and the open fields, woodlands, salt water marshes, and beaches of Sunken Meadow State Park have been available for year round day use by students and educators in New York's Suffolk and Nassau counties. Funded by the New York Office of Parks and Recreation and local Boards of Cooperative…
Descriptors: Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Equipment
Adult Educator Exchange Program. Pennsylvania 310 Project. Final Report, July 1, 1980-June 30, 1981.
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Royce, Sherry – 1981
Field experience reports are provided for exemplary adult education programs in Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia which were each visited by an adult education administrator from another of the programs. Each report overviews the program, makes observations on unique aspects of the program (such as programs,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy