Challenging Teacher Education as Training: Four Propositions.

Bullough, Robert V., Jr.; Gitlin, Andrew D.

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ERIC Number: EJ488762

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Publication Date: 1994

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Challenging Teacher Education as Training: Four Propositions.

Bullough, Robert V., Jr.; Gitlin, Andrew D.

Journal of Education for Teaching, v20 n1 p67-81 1994

Examines two trends of thought central to current discussion on teacher education reform, both of which separate technical aspects of teaching from educational aims and purposes. The paper presents four propositions to make teacher education more educative and to challenge the assumptions of training (certification, work context, biography, and reflection). (SM)

Descriptors: Context Effect, Critical Theory, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Certification, Work Environment

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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