COURSES 2016-17 • Carrots, Sticks, Norms, and Nudges: Changing Minds and Behaviors: LAW 7501 (Spr) • Policy Practicum: California Prop. 64 and Marijuana Policy: LAW 805T (Win) 2015-16 • Law and Psychology: LAW 534 (Win) • Research Design for Empirical Legal Studies: LAW 712 (Aut) 2014-15 • Law and Psychology: LAW 534 (Win) • Policy Practicum: Analyzing Alternative Laws and Policies for Psychoac...

The current study aims to identify the utilization of innovations and techniques of educational technology in teaching of educational practicum and its impact on increasing academic achievement among pre-service teachers. The study sample consisted of (60) pre-service teachers (student teachers) randomly selected from public middle and secondary schools. The study adopted the descriptive method...

The purpose of this study is to develop HOT (Higher Order Thinking) Lab–based practicum guide that improves pre-service physics teachers’ creative thinking skills. The research method used 3D-1I model (Define, Design, Develop and Implementation). The subjects of this study are 40 students of Physics Education Program UIN Sunan Gunung Djati Bandung. The results showed that the HOT Lab-based prac...

During the past several years, the importance of practicum as a vital proportion of the preservice teacher education program has been increasingly emphasized. There have been a number of initiatives for supporting preservice teachers. Among these, peer based relationship is increasingly emerged as an innovative strategy to provide additional support to preservice teachers. This paper reports on...

Central to the spirit of reflective teaching is the ability to focus critically on one’s own beliefs, cognitions, and concerns. Numerous proposals have been developed for implementing reflective practices in pre-service teacher education contexts with the aim of producing highly competent reflective teachers. However, it is imperative to identify the candidates’ beliefs and knowledge base befor...

This article isolates and observes the impact of peer readership on low-stakes reflective writing assignments in two large Introduction to Sociology classes. Through a comparative content analysis of over 2,000 private reflective journal entries and semipublic reflective blog posts, I find that both practices produce distinct forms of reflection. I argue that these differences can be understood...

Teacher self-efficacy (TSE) is associated with a multitude of positive outcomes for teachers and students. However, the development of TSE is an under-researched area. Bandura (1997) proposed four sources of self-efficacy: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion, and physiological and affective states. This study introduces a first instrument to assess the four sources for...

BACKGROUND In Taiwan, nearly one third of newly graduated nurses quit their first nursing job within 3 months and many never return to nursing. Because traditional clinical practice designs do not offer adequate opportunities for students to work independently, many senior nursing students lack self-confidence in their nursing skills and are not familiar with the day-to-day realities of nursing...

Research has shown an increased attention towards Reflective Practice as a successful aspect in the professional development of Physical Education Teacher Education. Notwithstanding, there is lack empirical research about how teachers’ reflective skills should be developed this context. The aim systematic review was to understand what and been studied physical education skills, such strategies ...