Award Date
1-1-1996
Degree Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (EdD)
Department
Instructional and Curricular Studies
Number of Pages
148
Abstract
This study explored the influence of prior experiences on teaching schemata of traditional and nontraditional elementary preservice teachers. Data collection was conducted at Western State University (WSU) in the desert southwest, U.S.A. The influence of prior experiences on two dimensions of teaching schemata were explored in this study. Stimulated recall interviews of peer lessons illuminated the influence of prior experiences on thirty-eight traditional and twenty-two nontraditional elementary preservice teachers' classroom interactive dimensions (CID). Concept mapping illuminated the influence of prior experiences on participants' reflective/introspective dimensions; Participant responses from stimulated recall and concept map interviews were transcribed and compared to categories of prior experience and knowledge. Data revealed that both groups' peer lessons and concept maps were influenced by similar experiences. Four themes emerged from the study that conceptualized the influence of prior experiences on teaching schemata. Implications for teacher education were drawn.
Keywords
Elementary; Elementary Teachers; Experience; Influence; Nontraditional; Nontraditional Teacher; Nontraditionalelementary; Preservice; Prior; Schemata; Teachers; Teaching; Traditional; Elementary Teachers; Nontraditional Teachers
Controlled Subject
Education, Elementary; Teachers--Training of
File Format
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2959.36 KB
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
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Repository Citation
Birrell, James Richard, "The influence of prior experiences on teaching schemata of traditional and nontraditional elementary preservice teachers" (1996). UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations. 3017.
http://dx.doi.org/10.25669/fu75-0yo5
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