Document Type
Focus Area Four
Abstract
Well, my university believes that becoming a teacher is a lot more than just learning how to teach and cramming all the knowledge in your head. They believe that you have to figure out your values and beliefs, that you have to live the models that everyone expects from a teacher. They also know that "by thinking about experiences in our past and reflecting on the connection and influences on the present, we can begin to question reality and move into our own consciousness, appropriating what is most meaningful to us" (Stark, 1991). At this university "the teacher education curriculum encourages people to think about their own meanings of being-as-teacher: What does being with students mean? What is important to me as a teacher?" (Stark, 1991). Right from the beginning of the support group and in our study with the professors and other students we are encouraged to think critically about these questions and others that help us put theory into practice.
Journal Title
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series
Volume
3
Issue
1
First Page
156
Last Page
160
Publisher
Institute for Educational Leadership, University of Northern Iowa
City
Cedar Falls, IA
Copyright
©1992 Institute for Educational Leadership, College of Education, and University of Northern Iowa
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Jeffrey, Judy
(1992)
"1999 - An Interview with a New Teacher,"
Institute for Educational Leadership Monograph Series: Vol. 3:
No.
1, Article 35.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/iel_monographs/vol3/iss1/35
