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ERIC Number: EJ607368
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
Teacher Talk: The Role of Story and Anecdote in Constructing Professional Knowledge for Beginning Teachers.
Doecke, Brenton; Brown, Jenny; Loughran, John
Teaching and Teacher Education, v16 n3 p335-48 Apr 2000
Presents the stories of English teachers who described the complexities of the first teaching year. Their English methods lecturer had invited them to meet as part of a project investigating challenges facing beginning teachers. Their discussion highlights how they use narrative to give meaning to their experiences and to explore the possibilities of narrative inquiry for professional development and research. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, English Teachers, Higher Education, Personal Narratives, Preservice Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Story Telling, Student Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Meaning Construction; Teacher Knowledge