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Jenifer A. Crawford; Robert A. Filback; Pedro A. Noguera – Teacher Educator, 2025
The University of Southern California (USC) Democracy Project responds to the inadequacies of traditional civics education, particularly its failure to engage marginalized students in meaningful democratic participation. Grounded in the theories of John Dewey and Paulo Freire, the project uses an action civics model to connect students with…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Citizenship Education, State Universities, Democracy
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Thai-Huy Nguyen; Marybeth Gasman – Teacher Educator, 2024
In this article, we explore the experiences of students at HBCUs as they traverse their STEM courses and STEM majors and demonstrate how their paths in STEM are positively shaped by a "culture of family." Our research questions include: What are the experiences of students attending HBCUs and pursuing degrees in STEM? And how do their…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Black Colleges, Student Experience, College Students
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Chizhik, Estella Williams; Chizhik, Alexander Williams – Teacher Educator, 2018
How is lesson planning useful? This research study used Cultural Historical Activity Theory and intersubjectivity to answer this questions. This research explored to what extent teacher candidates' lesson plans (i.e., alignment among objectives, assessment, and instruction), and analyses of assessment data mediate their thinking about students'…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Lesson Plans, Student Needs, Educational Needs
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Ginsberg, Alice; Gasman, Marybeth; Samayoa, Andrés Castro – Teacher Educator, 2018
This paper provides a deep dive case study of the California Mini-Corps Program within the context of an Hispanic Serving Institution.
Descriptors: State Programs, Case Studies, Hispanic Americans, Mixed Methods Research
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Tracz, Susan; Torgerson, Colleen; Beare, Paul – Teacher Educator, 2017
Ratings published by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) require selectivity in admission to educator preparation programs. NCTQ provides a list of citations to support the selectivity standard termed "strong support." A review of each citation in the list found little or no support for the standard. Original data was…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Academic Standards, Benchmarking, Teacher Evaluation
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Beare, Paul; Torgerson, Colleen; Marshall, James; Tracz, Susan; Chiero, Robin – Teacher Educator, 2014
The Department of Education is moving to change accountability for teacher preparation institutions to include surveys of the graduates and their supervising principal following paid employment. This study describes one of a number of quantitative studies that examine the validity and usefulness of such follow-up surveys. Using multiple years of…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Questionnaires, Teacher Education, Teacher Evaluation
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Athanases, Steven Z.; Bennett, Lisa H.; Wahleithner, Juliet Michelsen – Teacher Educator, 2013
Data literate educators can generate questions about learning in their classes; collect and analyze classroom data to answer them; and develop inferences and explanations. Two elements may promote data literacy: (a) breadth of classroom-based data collection and (b) depth of analysis. We examined these in inquiries conducted by 80 preservice…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Information Literacy, Classroom Environment, Data Analysis