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ERIC Number: EJ549924
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0742-051X
A Doctoral Graduate's Return to the Elementary Classroom: An Example of Sociological Ambivalence.
Mandzuk, David
Teaching and Teacher Education, v13 n4 p439-49 May 1997
Uses a heuristic inquiry approach to describe the difficult transition one doctoral graduate experienced on returning to his position as an elementary teacher, suggesting that the graduate experience complicated the return in many ways. Ambiguities and contradictions he perceived between his practical teaching experience and theoretical doctoral experience are discussed. (SM)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Doctoral Degrees, Education Work Relationship, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Graduate Study, Heuristics, Higher Education, Inquiry, Social Influences, Teacher Attitudes, Teaching (Occupation)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Reflective Thinking