Becoming a Teacher
Using Narrative as Reflective Practice. A Cross-Disciplinary Approach
©2012
Textbook
XIX,
226 Pages
Series:
Counterpoints, Volume 411
Summary
Becoming a Teacher revisits the concept of Teacher Lore (Schubert and Ayers, 1992), by providing a cross-disciplinary approach linking elements of narrative theory to all aspects of pre- and in-service teaching. In essence, it embraces the notion that what teachers say matters. The rationale behind this text is the idea that narrative can not only be a conceptual lens through which a particular discipline can be re-examined, but also an aid to help preservice teachers understand the potential importance of personal experience and reflective ways of knowing as they learn to become teachers. In addition, this book serves as a reminder to those of us in teacher education that the very mandates that control so much of our curricula, funding, and publishing decisions can be reconstructed to reflect what we know is good teaching – and what we know works, in spite of standardized testing and accountability measures that declare the opposite.
Details
- Pages
- XIX, 226
- Publication Year
- 2012
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9781433113314
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9781433113307
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- personal experience teacher education accountability
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2012. XX, 226 pp., num. ill. and graphs
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