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ERIC Number: EJ656376
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0305-0068
Democratising Teacher Education Research in India.
Dyer, Caroline; Choksi, Archana
Comparative Education, v38 n3 p337-51 Aug 2002
Argues for the need to adopt a more participatory and research-based approach to teacher development in India. Describes the democratizing opportunities offered by a research-based collaborative approach to teacher educator development in a 2-year project in three states. Concludes that this approach requires individual development of autonomy and critical reflexivity, which are also vital to democratization of teacher education. (Contains 24 references.) (Author/SV)
Descriptors: Action Research, Critical Thinking, Democratic Values, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Participatory Research, Professional Development, Qualitative Research, Teacher Educator Education, Teacher Researchers
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: India
Note: Project funded by the Department for International Development, United Kingdom. Theme issue title: "Democracy and Authoritarianism in Education"; special number 25.