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ERIC Number: EJ502363
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0380-2361
Surprised by Children: A Call to Pedagogical Possibilities.
Hill, Anne
Canadian Journal of Education, v19 n4 p339-50 Fall 1994
This description of a teacher-researchers's experiences of surprise in daily practice suggests that moments of surprise are opportunities to develop and sustain reflective teaching practice. The experience of surprise is in itself an embodied reflection that can awaken pedagogical possibilities. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Educational Practices, Elementary Education, Expectation, Experience, Language Role, Reflective Teaching, Teacher Researchers, Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reflective Thinking; Surprise