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ERIC Number: EJ556696
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
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Becoming a Balanced Teacher: Idealist Goals, Realist Expectations (New Teachers).
Farr, Jason
English Journal, v86 n6 p106-09 Oct 1997
Considers what influences the idealistic preconceptions (or fantasies) of student English teachers. Examines various models, found in journal articles, movies, Socrates and Plato, and in this very journal. Examines two books that helped the author reformulate his ideals and find new, more satisfying models. (SR)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Teachers, Higher Education, Student Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Expectations of Students, Teaching (Occupation)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme: Writing and Rewriting: Issues and Practices in the English Classroom.