Beyond the Lonely, Choosing Will: Professional Development in Teacher Thinking.

Buchmann, Margret

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Publication Date: 1990

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Beyond the Lonely, Choosing Will: Professional Development in Teacher Thinking.

Buchmann, Margret

Teachers College Record, v91 n4 p481-508 Sum 1990

This article examines factors which contribute to the development of professional thinking in the helping professions, including teaching. Additional topics include the dangers of overrating and misconceiving individual choice and of confusing professional autonomy with personal freedom. (IAH)

Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Philosophy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Personal Autonomy, Professional Autonomy, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Education, Teacher Role

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Language: English

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