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ERIC Number: EJ422342
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1911
True Stories: A Case Study in the Use of Life History in Initial Teacher Education.
Sikes, Pat; Troyna, Barry
Educational Review, v43 n1 p3-16 1991
A first-year course for teacher trainees at the University of Warwick (England) involved students interviewing each other about educational life histories, school organization, school and community, teaching styles, and personal crises. The experience suggests a way to develop critical reflection on assumptions and conventional wisdom about education. (SK)
Descriptors: Biographies, Course Content, Educational Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, School Attitudes, School Community Relationship, Teaching Styles
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reflective Teaching; University of Warwick (England)