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Peer reviewedCole, Ardra L.; Knowles, J. Gary – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1996
Drawing on one educator's experiences as a beginning professor, the article discusses the prospects of teacher education reform and beginning teachers as change agents, commenting on values conflicts within schools of education and between them and broader university communities, politics of epistemology, and reward structures in schools of…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Change Strategies, College Faculty, Educational Change
Peer reviewedKnowles, J. Gary – Teacher Education Quarterly, 1994
Presents an account of a teacher's first year of teaching, focusing on her central metaphors for teaching. The metaphor "teacher is buddy" represented a driving force in her thinking about teaching and working in the classroom. The article discusses the benefits of using metaphors as windows into beginning teachers' thinking and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Philosophy, Grade 7, Grade 8
