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Alessia, Mary; Owens, Kathleen – 1983
This handbook offers guidelines for the university supervisor, methods instructor, and cooperating teacher in providing a productive clinical experience for elementary school education majors at Lewis University (Illinois). Procedures and responsibilities of each of the triad's members are outlined. General guidelines are presented on elements…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Education Majors, Elementary School Teachers, Field Experience Programs
Alessia, Mary; Owens, Kathleen – 1983
This handbook offers guidelines for the university supervisor, methods instructor, and cooperating teacher in providing a productive clinical experience for secondary school education majors at Lewis University (Illinois). General guidelines are presented on elements that pertain to all clinical experiences, such as classroom observation; planning…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Education Majors, Field Experience Programs, Higher Education
Download full textBIRKMAIER, EMMA M.; LANGE, DALE L. – 1966
THE INTRODUCTORY REMARKS IN THIS EVALUATION OF THE FIRST NDEA INSTITUTE FOR TRAINERS OF LANGUAGE TEACHERS SUGGEST THAT THE INSTITUTE ENJOYED MUCH SUCCESS, LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE TREATMENT OF THE PARTICIPANTS AS COLLEAGUES AND THEIR CLOSE COOPERATION. SECTIONS ONE THROUGH EIGHT OF THE REPORT COVER VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE INSTITUTE'S ORGANIZATION,…
Descriptors: Advanced Programs, College Faculty, Field Trips, French
Breiter, Joan M. – Southern Social Studies Quarterly, 1988
Surveys the content of 13 elementary social studies methods texts published between 1981 and 1988. Disregarding quality or length of coverage, Breiter identifies common topics in social studies methods texts as well as social/controversial issues and skills coverage. Suggests how this information might be used in text selection or course renewal…
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Elementary Education, Higher Education, Methods Courses
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When James Conant, former president of Harvard University, took on the topic of teacher preparation in his 1963 report "The Education of American Teachers," he demanded sweeping change. Conant's reform agenda, which focused on reshaping the educational establishment in America, took on the National Education Association and National…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Schools of Education, Incidence, Methods Teachers
Monroe, Eula Ewing – 1984
This paper reviews some of the basic issues and concerns which are reflected in the literature and which either directly or indirectly influenced the development of a syllabus for a mathematics methods course for preservice elementary teachers. These issues include: (1) What should be the content in mathematics for elementary school children? (2)…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Objectives, Curriculum Development, Elementary School Mathematics
Beldin, H.O. – 1968
Many classroom teachers are not teaching children to read at proper levels because they lack skill administering diagnostic tests and need practice interpreting children's reading behavior during testing. The text-lecture approach may be adequate for imparting information about diagnostic procedures, but it is not adequate for developing skill in…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Developmental Reading, Diagnostic Teaching, Diagnostic Tests
Worth, Joan, Ed. – 1988
This publication, designed to help teacher educators profit from the experience and wisdom of colleagues, brings together articles from "The Arithmetic Teacher" on preservice elementary school mathematics teacher education. This collection of articles has two specific purposes. One is to serve as a reminder of the broader issues and concerns that…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education
MACKEY, WILLIAM F. – 1967
THE PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT IS TO DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE OBSERVATION, PRACTICE, AND CRITICISM PHASES OF PRACTICE TEACHING IN THE LANGUAGE TEACHER TRAINING PROGRAM, AND TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROPER USE OF VIDEOTAPE IN THE MORE EFFICIENT AND LESS TIME-CONSUMING PERFORMANCE OF THESE ACTIVITIES. AFTER PINPOINTING THE PROBLEM OF…
Descriptors: Closed Circuit Television, Language Teachers, Lesson Observation Criteria, Methods Courses
Tucker, Jan L. – 1971
Purposes of this research were to: 1) identify major characteristics of the "new" social studies (NSS) as perceived by methods teachers; 2) compare are-being emphasized perceptions with what methods teachers think ought-to-be emphasized; and, 3) discover relationships between what methods teachers think should be happening and other…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Research
Loving, Cathleen – 1989
Many believe that whether teachers teach students to "do" science, teach about science, or teach about technology instead, science teachers should be as culturally literate about science as possible. Also, it is believed that a philosophy of science course which uses history of science, some normative epistemologies, practical examples, and…
Descriptors: College Science, Educational Research, Epistemology, Higher Education
Dossey, John A., Ed. – 1980
The major objective of this conference was the continuation of the exchange of information on the improvement of pre-service and inservice methods courses and other program offerings in mathematics education. Topics highlighted included the effects of state mandated programs for teacher preparation, the growing shortage of qualified mathematics…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Curriculum Development, Discussion Groups, Educational Research
Mueller, Klaus A. – 1970
The teacher training program for teaching assistants (TA's) in the German department at the University of California at Berkeley is described in this paper. Problems common to both university and department are examined. The training program at the university is outlined in several areas including: (1) use of demonstration films, (2) class visits,…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Departments, German, Graduate Students
Zirkle, Chris; Norris, Chris; Winegardner, Amy; Frustaci, Eva – Career and Technical Education Research, 2006
Distance education has been viewed by some individuals as a means to break down barriers to accessing educational opportunities. Despite its "anytime, anyplace" label, distance education can present unique barriers to students, faculty, and the educational institutions that attempt to provide it. This study examined the perceptions of…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Business Education Teachers, Teacher Education, Methods Teachers
Roberts, David H. – 1988
To improve the teaching of writing in public schools, pre-service teachers should be trained in the theories and practice of composition and rhetoric through new courses in rhetoric, regardless of the teacher's subject area. Although the academic discipline of composition studies is now established, many public school teachers are not familiar…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Degree Requirements, Education Courses, Educational Change
