Looking in the Mirror: Teachers' Use of Autobiography and Action Research to Improve Practice.

Davis, Nancy T.

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ERIC Number: EJ526600

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Looking in the Mirror: Teachers' Use of Autobiography and Action Research to Improve Practice.

Davis, Nancy T.

Research in Science Education, v26 n1 p23-32 1996

Uses teachers' autobiographies and action research as data sources to present an argument for valuing subjective, reflective knowledge based on Habermas's category of cognitive interest of emancipatory knowing. Explores the process of personal empowerment and proposes a model of change that includes disturbance, alternatives, confidence, and action. Contains 25 references. (Author/JRH)

Descriptors: Action Research, Autobiographies, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Science Instruction, Science Teachers

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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