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Wonki Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined preservice teachers' culturally responsive literacy teaching self-efficacy changes during the field experiences in relation to the sources of self-efficacy. I delved into the meanings under the theoretical frameworks of culturally responsive teaching and social cognitive theory. I explored 84 preservice teachers' experiences…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Self Efficacy
Steiner, Amanda – ProQuest LLC, 2017
According to the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (1996), "... learning cannot occur in college classrooms divorced from schools" (p. 31). University coursework that is paired with carefully coordinated field experiences as well as being supported by university faculty that are skilled in helping the teacher candidate…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Case Studies, Preservice Teachers, Self Efficacy
Tsegai, Samuel Kifle – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of the study was to investigate the nature of the preservice teachers' (PSTs) reflections on their practices in the context of the Iterative Model Building (IMB) approach. Participants were elementary PSTs enrolled in a field experience course in the spring of 2009. The field experience included formative assessment interviews,…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Video Technology, Formative Evaluation, Preservice Teachers
Weiland, Sunny Minelli – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study implemented a qualitative approach to examine the phenomenon of "inquiry-based science pedagogy or inquiry instruction" as it has been experienced by individuals. Data was collected through online open-ended surveys, focus groups, and teacher reported self-reflections to answer the research questions: 1) How do middle level…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Elementary Education, Teaching Methods, Field Experience Programs
Ticknor, Anne Swenson – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This longitudinal qualitative study examined how four preservice elementary teachers used language to construct professional identities, learn within relationships, and take risks in the classroom during their final three semesters in teacher education coursework and field experiences. My female participants were former students of mine in the…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Speech Communication, Field Experience Programs
Moore, Christi – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Drawing on portraiture methods, this case study is an exploration of the experiences of pre-service teachers who participated in a music-integrated literacy methods course during their first semester in an elementary teacher preparation program. The study is a response to previous researchers' findings that arts-integrated university courses hold…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Methods Courses, Music Education, Literacy