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ERIC Number: EJ517126
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-1047-6210
"Becoming a Teacher": The Teaching Internship as a Rite of Passage.
Berman, David M.
Teaching Education, v6 n1 p41-56 Fall-Win 1994
This article places the teaching internship experience in an analytical context, suggesting that the process by which interns become teachers is best understood as a rite of passage into the culture of teaching. Following three interns through the process, the paper examines rites of separation, of transition, and of incorporation. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Internship Programs, On the Job Training, School Culture, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers, Student Teachers, Student Teaching, Teacher Improvement, Teacher Interns, Teaching Experience
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Rites of Passage