Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ551383
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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The Influence of Personal History on Preservice Malay, Tamil and Chinese Teacher Training.
Bodycott, Peter
Journal of Education for Teaching, v23 n1 p57-68 Mar 1997
This study explored the influence of personal history on preservice teachers' construction of the ideal language teacher. Written biographies and metaphors and personal construct interviews with Chinese, Tamil, and Malay preservice language teachers indicated that they entered teacher education with unique, well-developed constructs of the ideal language teacher and related approaches to language learning. (SM)
Descriptors: Chinese, Cultural Influences, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Language Teachers, Malay, Parent Influence, Preservice Teacher Education, Second Language Learning, Student Teacher Attitudes, Student Teachers, Tamil, Teacher Background, Teacher Characteristics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Asia
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