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Catalano, Corinne Gaffney; Fives, Helenrose; McKeating, Eileen; Barnes, Nicole – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2022
Teachers' sense of efficacy refers to the beliefs held by teachers (pre-service and practicing) for completing the tasks associated with teaching. This belief is bound by the nature of tasks which includes, but is not limited to, the content, students, and context that frame teachers' practice. In this investigation, we explored 25 pre-service…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Self Efficacy
Gonzalez-DeHass, Alyssa R.; Furner, Joseph M.; Vásquez-Colina, María D.; Morris, John D. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2022
Often pre-service early childhood and elementary teachers, many who are female, feel they are not good at math and appear uncomfortable at the prospect of teaching math. Given the influence pre-service teachers' attitudes toward math might have on their learning, as well as that of their future students, examining the precursors of mathematical…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Goal Orientation, Females, Predictor Variables
Sackes, Mesut; Flevares, Lucia M.; Gonya, Jennifer; Trundle, Kathy Cabe – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of an integrated science and mathematics methods course on preservice early childhood teachers' efficacy beliefs for integrating these content areas. Thirty-four preservice teachers participated in this study, which utilized a quasi-experimental design with two treatment groups. Participants in…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Children, Quasiexperimental Design, Methods Courses
Resor, Jessica; Hegde, Archana V.; Stage, Virginia C. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2021
Barriers and supports to nutrition education in the early childhood classroom are most often presented from in-service teachers' perspective. Little work has been done to understand pre-service early childhood educators' perceptions of barriers and supports before entering the classroom. The purpose of this study was to identify early childhood…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Barriers, Student Attitudes, Preservice Teachers
Aizenberg, Merav; Zilka, Gila Cohen – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
This study examined the distance teaching practices that early childhood preservice teachers chose for working with kindergarten students during the COVID-19 lockdown. The study involved 32 female preservice teachers studying at teacher training institutions in Israel. The study used the qualitative research method. The data analysis revealed that…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Preservice Teachers, Kindergarten, Females
Saraç, Seda; Tarhan, Betül; Ogelman, Hülya Gülay – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2023
The study aims to reveal preschool teacher candidates' online practicum experiences during the pandemic -- the teacher candidates connected to preschool classes online while the children were face-to-face with their class teachers. The participants of this phenomenological study were 18 preschool teacher candidates studying at a public university…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Online Courses
La Paro, Karen M.; Lippard, Christine; Fusaro, Maria; Cook, Gina – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2020
Teaching is a complex process which includes multiple aspects; similarly learning to teach requires a system of multiple components interacting to support pre-service teachers to become effective teachers. One aspect of teaching which has implications for teacher development is the practicum student-supervising teacher relationship. The current…
Descriptors: Correlation, Educational Experience, Practicums, Preservice Teachers
Hollingsworth, Heidi L.; Knight-McKenna, Mary – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2018
Children's early numeracy knowledge predicts later academic performance, yet many children do not experience optimal math instruction. This study investigated the impact of academic service-learning (ASL) in an early childhood teacher preparation math course and answered the following research question: Was the ASL experience effective in…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Mathematics Anxiety, Preschool Children, Teacher Education Programs
Giallousi, Maria; Tselfes, Vasilis; Gialamas, Vasilis – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2014
The purpose of this study was to evaluate teaching effectiveness in an elective science course, in the Early Childhood Education Department of Athens University in Greece. For this, a sequential mixed research design was applied to investigate freshmen beliefs about the effectiveness of their future teaching in kindergarten. An enhancement and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Teachers, Self Efficacy, Early Childhood Education
Hall, Anna H. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of integrating self-reflection, focused instruction, and field practice in a semester-long language arts course in order to shift early childhood preservice teachers' (PSTs) beliefs and attitudes about writing instruction, as well as their development and planned use of tools for…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Self Efficacy, Writing Instruction, Reflection
Dong, Chuanmei; Xu, Qianqian – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2021
Pre-service early childhood teachers (PECTs) are expected to support young children's engaged and meaningful use of ICT for early learning and development. Unless teachers believe that ICT is beneficial for young children, they will be unable or unwilling to encourage and support children's use of ICT in educational environments. This paper aims…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Young Children, Student Attitudes
Pelkowski, Tracy; Herman, Everett; Trahan, Keith; Winters, Dana M.; Tananis, Cindy; Swartz, Mallary I.; Bunt, Nancy; Rodgick, Chris – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2019
Studies show that early engagement with mathematics leads to increased math achievement later in life. Yet, early childhood teachers do not regard mathematics as critical to young learners' development and lack confidence with helping children learn mathematics. Early childhood teacher comfort and engagement with mathematics is a critical element…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Mathematics Instruction, Preschool Teachers, Faculty Development
Brody, David L.; Cohen, Hindy – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2012
Early childhood educators are increasingly being called upon to deal with emotionally charged topics, which include natural and manmade disasters, war, terror, death, and other traumatic events. At our teachers college, we prepare students to deal with a challenging issue, memory of the Holocaust, through a series of activities and workshops…
Descriptors: Jews, Student Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Course Content
Hooks, Laura M. – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2008
It is well documented that parent and family involvement in children's education correlates with success in school. The increasing number of English Language Learners in public schools has created a need for teacher educators to prepare preservice teachers to be able to work with families who have limited English. This study examined the outcomes…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Parent Participation, Family Involvement, Second Language Learning
Scott-Little, Catherine; La Paro, Karen M.; Weisner, Amanda – Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education, 2006
The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) program review process increasingly emphasizes the importance of performance-based assessment of early childhood teacher preparation programs. As part of the effort to address performance-based assessment requirements, the teacher educator program described in this study examined…
Descriptors: Performance Based Assessment, Teacher Education Programs, Student Attitudes, Early Childhood Education