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A Discursive Psychology Approach to the Study of Pre-Service Teachers' Written Reflections about Teacher Effectiveness
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Oreshkina, Maria; Lester, Jessica Nina – Teaching Education, 2015
This article reports findings from a discourse analysis, informed by a discursive psychology (DP) perspective, of pre-service teachers' beliefs about teacher effectiveness as constructed in reflective papers. DP treats beliefs as discursive productions that are occasioned by an interactional task and are made visible through discursive features.…
Descriptors: Psychology, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness
Strengthening Collaboration for Successful Field Experiences
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Potter, Jalene P.; Hollas, Tori; Coyne, Jaime – Cogent Education, 2016
Because a majority of teachers come from public universities, universities play an important role in examining and strengthening their teacher preparation programs to ensure they are graduating quality teachers. Student teaching is typically the culminating experience of the teacher preparation program and is considered to be the most crucial and…
Descriptors: Field Experience Programs, Partnerships in Education, Student Teaching, Preservice Teacher Education
Evaluating Teachers' Self-Perceptions of Their Knowledge and Practice after Participating in an Environmental Education Professional Development Program
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Sondergeld, Toni A.; Milner, Andrea R.; Rop, Charles – Teacher Development, 2014
Building teachers' confidence in their understanding of nature and encouraging the use of field experiences with students are important factors in increasing environmental awareness in students. "A River Runs Through It (ARRT)" is an integrated environmental education professional development program, immersed practicing teachers in…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Environmental Education, Faculty Development, Experiential Learning
"I Actually Learned a Lot from This": A Field Assignment to Prepare Future Preservice Math Teachers for Culturally Diverse Classrooms
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Downey, Jayne A.; Cobbs, Georgia A. – School Science and Mathematics, 2007
Teacher education programs are cognizant of the need to prepare preservice teachers (PTs) to work effectively with children from diverse cultural backgrounds. Well-constructed field experiences can help PTs develop awareness and gain understanding of important cultural considerations related to effective teaching and learning (Sleeter, 2001). This…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Mathematics Teachers, Instructional Innovation, Cultural Pluralism
Student Teachers and Alternate Route Teachers' Sense of Efficacy and Views of Teacher Preparation
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Forsbach-Rothman, Terri; Margolin, Marcia; Bloom, Diane – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2007
This study compared undergraduate and graduate student teachers' and alternate route teachers' sense of efficacy and views of their teacher preparation programs. A one-way analysis of variance indicated that student teachers in the undergraduate program had higher teacher efficacy than the other two groups of teachers. Alternate route teachers and…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Education Programs, Student Teacher Attitudes
Teacher Education Internship Project. Final Report.
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Drummond, Robert; And Others – 1986
The University of North Florida's Teacher Education Internship Project had as its purpose the expansion and refinement of a clinical supervision model for undergraduate teacher education interns and preinterns. Goals included the revision of data gathering instruments and the pooling of program graduates to determine the success of these former…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Experience Programs, Graduate Surveys, Higher Education