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Boardman, Leigh Ann; Zembal-Saul, Carla; Frazier, Maryann; Appel, Heidi; Weiss, Robinne – 1999
Teachers' subject matter knowledge is a particularly important issue in science education in that it influences instructional practices across subject areas and at different grade levels. This paper provides an overview of efforts to develop a unique elementary science methods course and related field experience through a partnership between…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers
Council for Exceptional Children (NJ3), 2004
As the largest professional organization of special educators, the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) has taken seriously its professional responsibility for defining the criteria for a competent beginning special educator. As part of this responsibility, CEC has developed and continues to update and maintain professional standards for…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Competencies, Academic Standards
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Geddis, Arthur N.; Wood, Eric – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1997
Explores the utility of L. S. Shulman's view of teaching as the transformation of subject matter in the context of a preservice secondary mathematics methods course. The paper elaborates on Shulman's view, discussing the context of the study, then presenting a case study of a seminar on lesson planning. (SM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Course Content, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching
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Andersen, Hans O.; Kobe, Michael – Hoosier Science Teacher, 1996
The Standards for Teachers of Science address the preparation, provisional practice, continued practice, and support that teachers will need to ensure that students are prepared for life and to be lifelong learners. The background of educational reform, vision behind the Standards, goals for science teachers, and suggestions for sustaining…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
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Gay, Geneva – Journal of Teacher Education, 2002
Promotes the improvement of school success for ethnically diverse students via culturally responsive teachers and the preparation of preservice teachers with necessary knowledge, attitudes, and skills to do this, highlighting: development of a cultural diversity knowledge base; design of culturally relevant curricula; demonstration of cultural…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education
Onslow, Barry; Gadanidis, George – Education Canada, 1997
Examines how a Canadian beginning teacher-educator transformed his knowledge about teaching in order to assist student teachers to become effective mathematic teachers. Describes how his teaching practice evolved over a three-year period and the strategies he used to structure his course to involve student teachers in constructing their own…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Case Studies, College Faculty, Constructivism (Learning)
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Weiss, Margaret P.; Lloyd, John – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2003
Six special educators at secondary level were observed and interviewed in their co-taught classrooms. The special educators took on roles ranging from providing support to the general educators to team teaching. Knowledge of content, attitude of the general educators, and scheduling issues influenced the role that each teacher took. (Contains…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Inclusive Schools, Interprofessional Relationship
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Stahler, Theresa M. – Action in Teacher Education, 1995
Researchers studied 34 student teachers from 1 middle school. One group was prepared in a traditional program and another in a program specifically for middle schools. Surveys and videotapes compared their knowledge about middle school teaching and learning. Specifically prepared teachers were significantly better teachers with better skills and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Higher Education, Intermediate Grades
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Haberman, Martin – Peabody Journal of Education, 1995
Presents guidelines to inform teacher education programs aspiring to prepare teachers for working in impoverished urban schools: (1) attributes of preservice teacher candidates, (2) teacher educator expertise, (3) knowledge, behaviors, beliefs, attitudes, and values to be learned by prospective teachers, (4) educational methods, and (5) program…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Consciousness Raising, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
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Smith, Robin G. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1999
Investigated how English preservice elementary teachers built upon their repertoire of knowledge for teaching science, tracing their development of subject knowledge and pedagogical knowledge in science and their views about the knowledge base required. Interview data indicated that participants drew upon subject knowledge in combination with…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Walker, Sharon H. – Current: The Journal of Marine Education, 1998
Describes a 12-day teacher inservice course in oceanography and coastal processes that focuses on enhanced content knowledge, improved teaching strategies, role modeling, and leadership development. The primary objective is improving the teaching techniques of elementary and middle school teachers of predominantly minority students. Strategies…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Field Trips, Hands on Science, Inservice Teacher Education
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Gersten, Russell; Brengelman, Susan Unok – Remedial and Special Education, 1996
Procedures and strategies that consistently lead to teachers' sustained use of innovative research-based practices are characterized by the provision of both behavioral and technical support and opportunities for teachers to explore the conceptual aspects underlying the research. A case study illustrating these components suggests reasons for…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Classroom Techniques, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Grimmett, Peter P. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1998
Advocates a reconceptualization of Canadian teacher preparation that will involve partnerships in and outside the university. Shows how a reconceptualized concurrent preparation program would bring together discipline-based and practical knowledge, engaging preservice teachers in action research into the dilemmas of teaching, and integrating…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries
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Mizelle, Nancy B.; McLaughlin, H. James – Middle School Journal, 1995
Describes the efforts of a group of teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and Arts and Sciences faculty at the University of Georgia to improve an established middle grades teacher preparation program. Details the change process and participants' thoughts and ideas about undergraduate teacher education. (EV)
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Educational Change, Educational Philosophy, Higher Education
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Mulholland, Judith; Wallace, John – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2005
Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) is a much debated and studied construct. In this article, we adopt an all-embracing view of PCK to examine the development of one elementary science teacher's knowledge over a 10-year period. We portray this teacher's knowledge at three critical points in her career--as a student teacher, beginning teacher, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Characteristics, Figurative Language, Student Teachers
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