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In this article, the authors trace learning across the digital video production process through case studies with four youth media arts organizations (YMAOs) across the United States. The authors conclude with implications for teachers and leaders who may be interested in how to support the inclusion of digital production processes into formal instructional spaces.

This article describes strategies used by the authors to assist preservice social studies teachers with understanding and applying models and practices for effectively integrating technology into their future classrooms—thus, strengthening the link between technology, pedagogy and content. Efforts with preservice teachers described here have been informed by the authors’ successes assisting in-service teachers with understanding how technology can empower inquiry-based teaching practices in social studies classrooms, as well as efforts to more fully integrate technology into the overall teacher education programs at the authors’ institutions.

In this essay, the author takes a serious look at constructivist teaching practices highlighting both the promises and potential problems of these practices. The author argues that constructivist teaching has often been misinterpreted and misused, resulting in learning practices that neither challenge students nor address their needs. The author also presents two examples that illustrate the effective use of constructivist teaching and explains what makes them successful. The author concludes that as evidenced by the examples, constructivist teaching can produce tremendous results when used correctly and judiciously; it can also lead to poor results and ineffective learning when it is misconstrued or misused.

This study explored the change in Singaporean pre-service teachers' epistemological beliefs and beliefs about learning and teaching over the course of a teacher preparation program. 413 Singaporean pre-service teachers participated in this study. Participants exhibited significant changes in epistemological beliefs and beliefs about learning and teaching. They indicated more relativistic epistemological outlooks and less constructivism in beliefs about teaching.