Making the Personal Professional: Pre-service teacher education and personal histories

Pre-service teachers tend to use their personal experiences as critical filters in accepting and integrating course content that is intended to develop professional decision-making frameworks. This may restrict their abilities to deal with pedagogical issues associated with the acceptance of diversi...

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Published in:Teachers and teaching, theory and practice theory and practice, 2001-03, Vol.7 (2), p.157-171
Main Authors: Trotman, Janina, Kerr, Trevor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biographies
Consciousness Raising
Critical thinking
Edith Cowan University. School of Education
Educational personnel
Educational sciences
Graduate Students
Graduate Study
Higher Education
Journal Writing
Life History Method
Personal Experiences
Perspective taking
Preservice Teacher Education
Reflective Teaching
Secondary Education
Stereotypes
Student Journals
Student Teacher Attitudes
Student Teachers
Teacher background
Teacher education programs
Teachers
Teachers training
Teaching Methods
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Summary:Pre-service teachers tend to use their personal experiences as critical filters in accepting and integrating course content that is intended to develop professional decision-making frameworks. This may restrict their abilities to deal with pedagogical issues associated with the acceptance of diversity and individuality, and encourage an unthinking acceptance of the status quo in classrooms, schools and society. To address this problem and nurture the growth of 'reflective practitioners', we structured the content and experiences of one unit of the Graduate Diploma of Education (secondary) to allow for the integration of personal life histories with other views and perspectives. This paper reports on the use of this life-history approach, its potential and its limitations.
ISSN:1354-0602
1470-1278
DOI:10.1080/13540600120054955