Anthropology for Wyoming Teachers

1986 ◽  
Vol 8 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 16-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Selig
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Elementary Teacher ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
School Science ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Elementary Teacher Education ◽  
Cultural Perspective

Though some anthropologists may argue otherwise, many would probably agree that anthropology belongs in our nation's schools, integrated into both school curriculum and teacher education. Because anthropology provides a broad cross-cultural perspective and a framework within which to study many other subjects, some would even argue that it should be the basic building block for elementary teacher education and a required subject for secondary school science and social studies teachers. Furthermore, as anthropologist Larry Breitborde (this issue) discovered while working with elementary teachers at Beloit College, "there is already a significant amount of anthropology in the curriculum, but at a covert level" By teaching anthropology to teachers, a perspective and a framework are offered within which teachers can better understand many seemingly diverse fragments of their curriculum, enabling them to approach their subjects in a more coherent and less ethnocentric fashion.

scholarly journals Improvement of Creative Thinking Ability of Elementary Teacher Education Students in Utilizing Traditional Games in Social Studies Learning

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 235-250
Author(s):  
Hana Sakura Putu Arga ◽  
Faridillah Fahmi Nurfurqon ◽  
Riga Zahara Nurani
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Elementary Teacher ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Elementary Teacher Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Teacher Education Students

Creative thinking skills of elementary teacher education students' needs to be improved in a fun social studies learning process. One of the lessons that can make learning a pleasant atmosphere is to apply knowledge by applying traditional games. This research aims to increase the creativity of elementary teacher education students in utilizing traditional games to preserve the nation's culture. The research method used was a quasi-experimental design with a nonrandomized pretest-posttest control group. The instrument used in this study was a tablet-shaped observation instrument. This research shows that learning science by applying traditional games can improve elementary teacher education students' creative thinking skills. It can be seen from the learning outcomes of elementary teacher education students social studies using traditional games that are better than conventional learning.

scholarly journals Thorns amongst Roses? Lived Experience of Philippine Male College Students Aspiring to Become Professional Elementary Teachers

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 144-153
Author(s):  
Michael B Cahapay
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Elementary Teachers ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Elementary Teacher ◽  
Elementary Teacher Education ◽  
Career Stage ◽  
Male College ◽  
Structural Descriptions ◽  
Male College Students

There is a noticeable under-representation of the male gender particularly in the field of elementary teacher education. The main aim of this paper is to understand the lived experience of male college students aspiring to become professional elementary teachers. As phenomenological research, it involved six purposively selected male students enrolled in a predominantly female elementary teacher education program in a Philippine university. The data were gathered through online interviews and analyzed based on a phenomenological analysis framework. The following themes emerged: 1.) We hear discouraging stereotypes about teaching; 2.) We are passionate about educating the young ones; 3.) We feel that awkward moment in a room of females; and 4.) We have an inclusive learning environment. These themes are based on the individual textural and structural descriptions and form the basis for the composite textural and structural descriptions of the phenomenon of interest. This paper confirms the experiences encountered by males in the formal teaching career stage as relative to experiences received by males in the early stage of the teacher preparation. It also identifies factors that encourage males to enter elementary teacher education as a field of study, providing practical insights for designing a more inclusive program.

Exploring exemplars in elementary teacher education

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Asher Dobrick ◽  
Laura Fattal
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Elementary Teacher ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Elementary Teacher Education ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Arts ◽  
The World

PurposeEducators who teach for social justice connect what and how they teach in the classroom directly to humanity’s critical problems. Teacher education at the elementary level must center such themes of social justice in order to prepare today’s teachers to lead their students in developing an understanding of how to make the world a better place to live. The paper aims to discuss this issue.Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents three case studies of exemplary, pre-service teacher-created lessons that integrate the arts, social studies, and language arts around themes of social justice. Teacher-candidates envisioned, planned and taught effective, engaging, standards-based learning experiences that began with children’s literature and led to artistic expression.FindingsThrough lessons like these, teacher-candidates learned to meet arts, social studies, and literacy standards while building the skills and attitudes their students need as “citizens of the world.”Research limitations/implicationsElementary teacher education programs can help teacher-candidates to prepare for the challenge of teaching for social justice by integrating the arts with core academic areas, including social studies.Practical implicationsThis integrated model suitably serves our current, mathematics- and literacy-focused, assessment-saturated school system. Pre-service teachers learn to plan and teach integrated learning activities. They learn practical ways to infuse the arts in both their field experience and future classrooms.Social implicationsWhen the arts are central in education, students benefit in numerous important ways, developing critical and creative thinking skills, empathy, self-awareness, and the ability to collaborate with others productively. The arts, essential to humanity since the dawn of civilization, thus serve as a natural focal point for education for social justice.Originality/valueThe innovative methods involved in this study, in which subject areas throughout the elementary teacher education program are integrated in one meaningful, practical, applied lesson on social justice, represent a practical, original, and valuable way to enhance teacher education programs’ focus on social justice.

Edmodo-Based Blended Learning Media in Learning Mathematics

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yullys Helsa ◽  
Ary Kiswanto Kenedi
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Teacher Education ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Elementary Teacher ◽  
Elementary Teacher Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Learning Mathematics ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Teacher Education Students

This research is motivated by the crucial development of the information technology era in changing learning paradigm from conventional to technology-based learning. The purpose of this study is to develop Edmodo-based blended learning media in learning mathematics for Elementary Teacher Education students. This research is a research and development (R&D) that uses the ADDIE procedures. This study results a valid, effective and practical Edmodo-based blended learning media in learning mathematics for Elementary Teacher Education students. It is implied that Edmodo-based blended learning media can be applied by the lecturers to support learning for Elementary Teacher Education students.

scholarly journals Pengembangan Perangkat Pembelajaran Berbasis STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, And Mathematics) Untuk Mahasiswa Prodi PGSD

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 330-345
Author(s):  
Ifa Seftia Rakhma Widiyanti ◽  
Saeful Mizan
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Elementary Teacher ◽  
Lesson Plan ◽  
Elementary Teacher Education ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Student Activities ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Simple Machines ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Teacher Education Students

Abstract: The general objective of this study was to find a kind of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) study instruments, and  the specific purposes of this study were to investigate the validity, effectiveness, and practicality of  it. This was a Research & Development study which was simplified into two stages; they are the preliminary stage and the development stage.  This study resulted several kinds of instruments: lesson plan, worksheets, material lesson, teaching evaluation sheets, observation sheets, and questionares. The validity was very good with score 84,38 % for content aspect, 82,50 % for language aspect, and 82,14 % for display aspect. The instruments were very effective to be used by elementary teacher education students and lecturers in the simple machines material to describe the STEM profile’s teacher education students. The instruments could practically be used by the elementary teacher education students and lecturers for the simple machines material based on the positive elementary teacher education students and lecturers responses. Students' science ability increased 27.20%, technology ability increased 23.36%, engineering ability increased 55.20%, and mathematics ability increased 81.80%. The effectiveness of learned was shown by the success of the lecturer in designed learning. The learning design got score of 100 from both expert. The developed learning device is practically used by students and lecturers for simple machines material based on positive responses of students and lecturer. The practicality of learning tools based STEM is shown from the implementation of learning. The percentage of student activities during STEM learning was 75.79%, it showed that student activities during learning including the good category and the teaching ability of lecturers got average score 97,73.

scholarly journals The Implementation of Ict Based Education in Elementary Teacher Education (PGSD) in Indonesia

Humaniora ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Adie E. Yusuf
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Education ◽  
Elementary School Teachers ◽  
Elementary Teacher ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Elementary Teacher Education ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Communication And Technology

In fact, Information Communication and Technology (ICT) have been utilized in schools even though relatively small in numbers. At present, there is a program for Elementary Teacher Education called PGSD program in Indonesia. The PGSD program is an in-service teacher training program especially for elementary school teachers in Indonesia, to improve their qualifications from Diploma-2 to Strata-1 level, conducted through ICT-based distance learning mode. This study uses survey method to examine the accessibility of ICT infrastructure and networks, and the effectiveness of using ICT for teaching and learning in six university member of PGSD program in Indonesia. The results of the study show that the PGSD program needs to improve the ICT infrastructure and networks as well as apply ICT based teaching and learning skills. 

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