Exploring Relationships between Presage Variables of Florida Preservice Agricultural Education Teachers Related to Teaching Contextualized Mathematics

Agricultural Education Teachers’ Ability to Solve Agriculturally Related Mathematics Problems

The National Commission on Secondary Vocational Education (1984) made two important recommendations for curriculum. First, vocational courses should provide instruction and practice in the basic skills including mathematics. Second, students should be allowed to satisfy graduation requirements for basic skills courses including mathematics with selected vocational education courses. Agricultura...

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...

Exploring preservice teachers' views of intelligence

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