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«What we want to do is provide a guide for
researchers who want to investigate STEM
teacher preservice education,» said Yolanda George, deputy director of the AAAS Education and Human Resources Programs, adding that the resulting information would be disseminated «as widely as possible» throughout the education field.
The SIOP may be used as part of a program for
preservice and inservice professional development, as a lesson planner for sheltered content lessons, as a training resource for faculty, and as an observation and evaluation instrument for site - based administrators and
researchers who evaluate
teachers.
In one such study, the
researchers analyzed
preservice teachers» rationales for technology - integration decisions while taking an educational technology course.
In another study,
researchers conducted a cross-case analysis of four
preservice teachers who implemented technology in grade 4 - 8 science, social studies, or math lessons, with support and feedback from mentors during a seven - week practicum (Jaipal & Figg, 2010).
A second key recommendation for
researchers and
teacher educators is to explore the use of Twitter and Twitter chats more holistically and longitudinally to examine the ways in which TCs actually continue their participation in various Twitter - based PLNs following their
preservice teacher education coursework.
The
researchers use a meta - ethnography to synthesize qualitative data from multiple studies focusing on technology training for
preservice teachers to make new interpretations of the data.
Although our study was intended as a 1 - year proof - of - concept research design, we have demonstrated sufficiently positive results for other
researchers to pursue longitudinal investigations that track
preservice teacher behaviors into their first few years of practice.
In this paper the
researchers explained how they used the Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition framework as a guide for analyzing the ways
preservice English and social studies
teachers used technology while completing their internship and reported those findings.
These
preservice teachers completed a required two - term instruction and technology course, taught by the primary
researcher in this study.
For over a decade, leaders and
researchers in technology use have been criticizing
teacher education programs for inadequately preparing
preservice teachers to integrate technology into instruction with their students.
The
researchers found that
preservice teachers in the program «learn [ed] to embed the use of these tools within inquiry - based activities» (p. 58).
The video annotation methods developed by
teacher education
researchers have shown great promise for guiding sophisticated analysis of self - video by late - stage
preservice teachers and in - service
teachers.
The similarity of perceptions of the middle school students to those of the
preservice teachers, combined with the contrast in the perceptions of
teacher educators and NSF project leaders and evaluators, causes us as
researchers to wonder why and whether this is a new phenomenon or if it may have always been this way.
For example, in a recent study of
preservice teachers» conceptions of lunar phases,
researchers reported pre - to postinstructional gains in scientific conceptions of more than 80 % for participants who used an astronomy simulation in the context of inquiry instruction (Bell & Trundle, 2008).
Many
researchers and
teacher educators believe that the best opportunity for
preservice teachers to strengthen TPCK and, thus, practice effective strategies for integrating technology into their teaching occurs through authentic classroom experiences, such as field - based practicum activities, teaching internships, and student teaching.
Both
teachers in this study valued the use of technology in their teaching, despite the limitations they faced, encouraging
researchers to examine how best to prepare
preservice English
teachers to integrate technology into their instructional practice.
These
researchers surmized that «
preservice teachers perceive their own behaviour to be highly affected by their important referents» (p. 136).
Other
researchers have also found similar high usage of ICTs by
preservice teachers (e.g., Caruso & Kvavik, 2005; Iding, Crosby, & Speitel, 2002).
In addition, the
researchers explored
preservice teachers» capacity to notice pedagogical and content knowledge features of the animations, asking them to reflect on alternate actions of the
teacher while considering their previous experiences.
The
researchers found that virtual IEP scenarios allowed
preservice teachers of various backgrounds and locations to connect with one another to solve problems, despite the fact that they were participating in a distance
teacher - education program.
Furthermore,
researchers have promoted the idea of providing
preservice teachers with opportunities to create, develop, implement, and evaluate instructional activities that incorporate technology skills (Brush et al., 2003; Howard, 2002; Kariuki & Duran, 2004).
As the instructor /
researcher I was aware of the NETS - T and emphasized multiple uses of technology with the
preservice teachers in this study.