Slicing the System: Necessary Conditions for Teaching for Understanding.

Griffin, Gary A.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Slicing the System: Necessary Conditions for Teaching for Understanding.

Griffin, Gary A.

Teacher Educator, v31 n2 p107-23 Aut 1995

Examines historical and current conceptions of teaching for understanding, highlighting three sources of dilemmas that get in the way of helping students make sense of the world they live in (teacher preparation, the social organization of schools, and the school system norms and regularities). (SM)

Descriptors: Consciousness Raising, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Leadership, Preservice Teacher Education, Reflective Teaching, School Organization, Teacher Education Curriculum

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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