| Becoming a Teacher: Using Narrative as Reflective Practice: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Blake, Robert W. (Editor), Blake, Brett Elizabeth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433113317 ISBN-13: 9781433113314 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $170.72 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Research - Education | Adult & Continuing Education - Education | Elementary |
| Dewey: 370.711 |
| LCCN: 2012000536 |
| Series: Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education |
| Physical Information: 226 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |