Approaches for Increasing and Improving Pre-service Teacher Competence, Confidence, and Effectiveness in the Teaching and Learning of Geography
dc.contributor.author | Rutherford, David J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-05T21:12:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-05T21:12:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
dc.description.abstract | The lack of efforts to increase and improve pre-service teacher education efforts in geography was identified in 1994 as a serious limitation on endeavors to improve geography education in the schools of the United States (Boehm, Brierly, & Sharma, 1994 ), and this problem was echoed as recently as 2005 (Bednarz, Bockenhauer, & Walk, 2005). To help rectify this persistent problem, the purpose of this paper is to identify and evaluate approaches for increasing and improving pre-service teacher competence, confidence, and effectiveness in the teaching and learning of geography. Research methods include ( 1) an exploratory survey of nationwide efforts to improve pre-service teacher education in geography, and (2) an evaluation of a pre-service teacher workshop model for enhancing such education. Results indicate that: (1) the most commonly employed approaches to pre-service teacher outreach entail making short presentations in the methods courses at colleges of education and inviting/incentivizing pre-service teachers to attend Alliance professional development events; (2) although workshop programs dedicated to pre-service teachers are not commonly conducted and confront particular obstacles, they possess demonstrated effectiveness; (3) these and other approaches can have positive impacts on pre-service teachers and university faculty; and ( 4) the summary effect of all these efforts has been to reach only a small and geographically variable percentage of pre-service teachers and programs. The paper concludes with suggestions for future research and ways to improve outreach efforts. | |
dc.description.department | Geography and Environmental Studies | |
dc.format | Text | |
dc.format.extent | 18 pages | |
dc.format.medium | 1 file (.pdf) | |
dc.identifier.citation | Rutherford, D.J. (2010). Approaches for increasing and improving pre-service teacher competence, confidence, and effectiveness in the teaching and learning of geography. Research in Geographic Education, 12(2), pp. 16-33. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1529-0085 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10877/17445 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | The Grosvenor Center for Geographic Education | |
dc.source | Research in Geographic Education, 2010, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 16-33. | |
dc.subject | geography | |
dc.subject | pre-service training | |
dc.subject | teacher education | |
dc.subject | teacher certification | |
dc.title | Approaches for Increasing and Improving Pre-service Teacher Competence, Confidence, and Effectiveness in the Teaching and Learning of Geography | |
dc.type | Article |
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