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Direct linkMee, Molly; Haverback, Heather Rogers; Passe, Jeff – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2012
This article reports on a study that investigated the reasons why one group of secondary education students chose to major in middle school education. Data were collected via interviews and meeting and observational notes with prospective middle school majors at a mid-Atlantic public university during the 2010/2011 academic year. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary Education, Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation)
Coward, Fanni L.; Matteson, Shirley M.; Hamman, Doug – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2012
This case study considers the centrality of the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE), formerly National Middle School Association teacher preparation standards (NMSA, 2006) to the development of teacher identity in middle level student teachers. Initial survey and transcriptions of 4 audio-taped interviews were analyzed. Standards were…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Middle Schools, Professional Identity, Self Concept
Howell, Penny B. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2012
The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to examine case study as a pedagogical tool used to scaffold the conceptualization of developmentally responsive pedagogy for middle level preservice teachers in early field experiences. Child study projects (CSP) completed by middle level preservice candidates were analyzed to determine if…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Instructional Materials, Developmentally Appropriate Practices
Pate, Elizabeth; Nesin, Gert – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2011
These authors relate the ways in which curriculum integration is explored in 2 university middle grades programs. In these settings, curriculum integration is encountered both in the design and pedagogy of courses and as a discrete content area for preservice and inservice teachers. Background information about the courses, the application of…
Descriptors: Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Teacher Education, Middle School Teachers
Piccolo, Diana L.; Capraro, Mary Margaret; Capraro, Robert M. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2010
Fourteen elementary and 6 middle level student teachers were observed and interviewed throughout their initial field placement teaching experience. The Classroom Observation and Performance Assessment for Teachers-Revised (COPAT-R) observation instrument and semistructured interviews were used to compare general and content-specific pedagogical…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Teachers, Classroom Observation Techniques, Performance Based Assessment
Howell, Penny B.; Arrington, Jane – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2008
Institutions of teacher education face a challenge of preparing teachers with the capacity to provide high-quality instruction to the increasingly diverse student populations in our nation's schools. In an effort to better prepare a our middle level preservice students to teach in diverse settings, we engaged in a case study of one group of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Field Experience Programs, Teacher Educators, Middle Schools
Warner, Cheryl B.; Phelps, Rosemary E. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2008
African American youth are characterized as experiencing declining academic motivation and engagement while simultaneously maintaining optimism for their future success. Thus, researchers hypothesize academic motivation to be a negative factor for educational aspirations when applied to an urban sample of African American middle school students (N…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Academic Aspiration, Grade 8
