ERIC Number: EJ943165
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1946-2077
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Preservice Teachers' Beliefs about Urban Contexts
Hatch, J. Amos
Journal of Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research, v3 p39-56 2007
This article reports findings from a qualitative study of preservice teachers' beliefs about the contexts of urban teaching. Participants were in their first semester of a K-6 licensure program designed to prepare them for urban teaching. Interviews and email reflective journal exchanges with the researcher were the data of the study, and descriptive-analytic findings are organized using a taxonomy of preservice teacher beliefs about urban children, schools, families, and communities. Interpretive generalizations are presented as consistencies and paradoxes across preservice teachers' beliefs about teaching in urban settings. (Contains 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Urban Teaching, Beliefs, Context Effect, Interviews, Computer Mediated Communication, Multicultural Education, Journal Writing, Urban Schools, Urban Youth, Urban Environment, Student Teacher Attitudes
AERA SIG: Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research. Tel: 323-343-4393; Web site: http://aera-ultr.org
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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