STEM education for pre-service teacher: why and how?

Reflection in Nursing Education: Why and How?

Introduction: Nursing education should develop autonomy, critical thinking, open-mindedness and sensitivity to others. Reflection seems to be an effective strategy for developing such capabilities in nursing. Therefore, this narrative review study was carried out to explore reflection in nursing education. Methods: Using keywords like reflecting, reflection and nursing reflection, FarsiandEngl...

Development of ICT Competency in Pre-Service Teacher Education

Starting from the key competencies for a knowledge society, this paper examines the information and communication technology (ICT) competency needed by teachers for effective teaching in the 21st-century. The paper analyzes the existing pre-service education programmes for teachers’ ICT competency in Lithuanian universities and colleges, self-evaluation of future teachers of their technological...

Pre-service teachers’ views about their mathematics teacher education modules

How to cite this article: Gierdien, F. (2012). Preservice teachers’ views about their mathematics teacher education modules. Pythagoras, 33(1), Art. #134, 10 pages. http://dx.doi. org/10.4102/pythagoras. v33i1.134 This article reports on the views of intermediate and senior phase pre-service teachers (PSTs) enrolled in mathematics education modules that attempt to teach both content and pedagog...

The Microscience Project and Its Impact on Pre- Service and In-service Teacher Education

This paper was originally prepared for the workshop, the Secondary Science Education for Development (http://www1.worldbank.org/education/scied/Training/training.htm), which was organized by the World Bank, Human Development, Education Group in April 2000. The workshop aimed to explore some of the issues involved in science education reform within a larger context of social and economic develop...

“All In” for Composition Education: Opportunities and Challenges for Pre-Service Music Teacher Curricula