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Alsen, Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2019
One of the major issues confronting education in Arizona and across the United States has been the consistent low performance of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students in comparison to their peers as evidenced by the disparity of the achievement gap at every level in the educational pipeline. A contributing factor has been the lack…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Social Justice, Culturally Relevant Education, Comparative Analysis
Henry, Aiyana Genae – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Cognitive Coaching is a method of instruction that recognizes the strength in thinking about thinking and fosters independent learning. Cognitive Coaching is one method of instruction that can help to better prepare teachers for the classroom. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact that Cognitive Coaching had on teacher candidates…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Coaching (Performance), Teacher Competencies, Preservice Teachers
Dobson, Ellen E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
To meet the demands of living and working in the 21st century, it is critical that every P-12 student in every classroom have an effective teacher. Yet, each year, thousands of new teachers enter the field unprepared to meet the challenges of today's classroom. Recent federal policies such as No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top have made…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Readiness, Teacher Effectiveness, Field Experience Programs
Southall, Sarah Parker – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this mixed-method study was to investigate digital native preservice teachers' self-efficacy beliefs regarding their technology experiences and skills at the beginning and at the end of their field placement semester. Digital natives, as defined by Prensky (2001), are students born after 1980 who have been raised with digital media…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Technology Integration
Jewett, Michelle Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study explores the identity constructions of two cohorts of preservice teachers enrolled in English methods courses during a semester of field experience. This research employs a qualitative methodology and documents the nature of participant's responses posted to online wiki forum. Data sources include archived electronic interactions…
Descriptors: English Teachers, Methods Courses, Professional Identity, Electronic Publishing
Hunn, Lorie L. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study explored and compared the ways in which school-based cooperating teachers and college supervisors evaluate student teachers. The scores allocated to student teachers by school-based cooperating teachers and college supervisors in the final field experience evaluations of student teachers were analyzed. A mixed methods research design…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Leadership, Research Design, Student Teachers