Conversations between Preservice Teachers and Latina Mothers: An Avenue to Transformative Mathematics Teaching

The Impact of Full Time Student Teaching on Preservice Teachers' Conceptions of Mathematics Teaching and Learning

This study investigated the changes in conceptions on mathematics teaching and learning of preservice BScEd teachers after 12 weeks of full time teaching practice. Written answers to open ended questions administered at the beginning and end of student teaching were triangulated with interviews. The preservice teachers exhibited more differences in conceptions on teaching than on learning mathe...

Preservice Teachers’ Metaphors of Teaching in Relation to Literacy Beliefs

The purpose of this study was to examine preservice elementary and secondary English and foreign language teachers’ metaphors and relate their metaphorical images to conceptions of literacy. Specifically, sixty-six participants completed a questionnaire that solicited their sense of teaching. Results indicated that the preservice teachers’ beliefs could be categorized into nine themes. The most...

Guided Imagery's Effects on the Mathematics Teaching Efficacy of Elementary Preservice Teachers

Preservice Teachers' Conceptions of Effective and Ineffective Teaching Practices

Given the focus on developing highly-qualified teachers to improve education (National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, 2003), teacher education programs face increasing responsibility to prepare new teachers who can effectively enhance learning in all students. Standards and assessment criteria developed by national organizations in the United States address the qualifications of b...

Attitudes of Preservice Teachers Towards Teaching Deaf and ESL Students

This study explored preservice teacher attitudes towards teaching a deaf student who uses Australian Sign Language (Auslan) compared to a student who is new to Australia and speaks Polish. The participants were 200 preservice teachers in their third or fourth year of university education. A questionnaire was created to measure attitudes, and participants were also asked to list teaching strateg...