ERIC Number: EJ1014054
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-May
Pages: 27
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ISSN: ISSN-0313-5373
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"I Am a Pibidiana": Societal Relations as the Locus of Sustained Development in a Teacher Education Program in Brazil
El Kadri, Michele Salles; Roth, Wolff-Michael
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, v38 n5 Article 7 May 2013
Many teachers point to the theory-practice gap between university training and their school-based work. Coteaching in conjunction with cogenerative dialoguing as a means of teacher induction has been shown to overcome this gap. In this paper, we articulate teacher development in the praxis-centered (coteaching/cogenerative dialoguing) setting of one Brazilian teacher education program in terms of changing societal relations. We draw on Vygotskij, Leont'ev, and Dewey's ideas on development. The results exhibit the experience of teaching generally and the extant societal relations specifically as the condition for teacher development. Implications for teaching education programs are discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Improvement, Teacher Certification, Teacher Attitudes, Team Teaching, Dialogs (Language), English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Second Language Learning, Interpersonal Relationship, Peer Relationship, Discourse Analysis, Professional Recognition, Beginning Teachers, Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship, Case Studies
Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Brazil
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