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Hsieh, Betina – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2017
While literacy courses are common in preservice teacher education programs, many secondary teacher candidates struggle to the see the relevance of literacy to their professional work. By exploring literacy in relation to personal, professional, and disciplinary identities, teacher candidates may better be able to embrace literacy integration as an…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Comparative Analysis
Liu, Laura B.; Milman, Natalie B. – Teacher Development, 2014
This study responds to the need for glocally informed discourses on diversity and equity that draw upon internationally situated, local narratives to contribute to larger analyses. Such work is vital so that cross-national educational discourses do not become infused with PISA score comparisons or globally dominant perspectives alone. This local…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Global Approach, Teacher Education, Autobiographies
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Choi, Tat Heung – Professional Development in Education, 2013
This article is based on the principle that teacher development is a life-long process when seeking to develop professional competencies. With the changing views of teacher education as background, the benefits to teachers associated with practice-oriented knowledge are predicated on a measure of empowerment through narration, self-expression and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Faculty Development, Teacher Competencies, Theory Practice Relationship
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Oldland, Elizabeth – Higher Education Research and Development, 2011
This paper is a case study exploring the author's use of reflective practice to facilitate the transition in role from a clinical manager with teaching responsibilities in a critical care unit to university lecturer. The similarities and differences in the roles with respect to learner characteristics, teaching contexts and effective teaching…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Feedback (Response), Teacher Effectiveness, Autobiographies
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Gunn, AnnMarie Alberton; Bennett, Susan V.; Evans, Linda Shuford; Peterson, Barbara J.; Welsh, James L. – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2013
Many scholars have made the call for teacher educators to provide experiences that can lead preservice teachers to embrace a culturally responsive pedagogy. We investigated the use of brief autobiographies during an internship as a tool (a) for preservice teachers to examine their multidimensional culture; and (b) for teacher educators to assess…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Culturally Relevant Education
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Stofflett, Rene T. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1996
Describes a study which examined personal teaching metaphors developed by secondary teachers in a graduate course for improving understanding of relationships between teaching theory and practice and factors like school context, subject matter domain, personal history, and teaching experience. Case studies found several themes confirming prior…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Case Studies, Graduate Study, Higher Education