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Understanding The Constructivist Learning Environment In Teacher Education Methods Courses, Veronica Jackson

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Abstract

This research will see to assess the degree to which teacher education faculty members were able to employ a classroom environment that encouraged a constructivist learning environment and how pre-service teachers feel about their teacher education methods courses at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). The participants in this research were pre-service teachers in their senior year of their undergraduate teacher education program. There were 128 students (110 females, 18 males) enrolled in two sections in the teacher education program, Early Childhood-6 (EC-6) and 4-8 intermediate. The researcher administered the Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) as a …

The Historical Context During The 1964-1984 Period Of The National Writing Project: Its Importance To The Fields Of Rhetoric, Composition, And Teacher Education, Kay Lester Mooy

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The Historical Context of the National Writing Project (NWP) is a broad inquiry into the core values and importance of theory-driven pedagogical "best practices." This dissertation situates the teaching of writing within societal changes as well as changes in the disciplines. The researcher interviewed six primary sources (all participants in the first summer institute of the NWP) in a total of nine interviews. The research also reviews secondary sources and examines the personal documents of Gray twice, once before they were archived and once after archival procedures were begun. Results indicate that in the early days of the NWP theory …