A Study of the Entry Mechanisms of University-Based Teacher Educators. Report No. 9011 / Mark M. Isham and Others.
Twenty-six tenured faculty members of schools of education were interviewed in an effort to ascertain their perceptions of the circumstances that led to their becoming teacher educators. A clear and direct continuity of development from classroom teacher to university-based teacher educator was note...
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Language: | English |
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1981.
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Physical Description: | 17 pages |
Format: | Microfilm Book |
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Twenty-six tenured faculty members of schools of education were interviewed in an effort to ascertain their perceptions of the circumstances that led to their becoming teacher educators. A clear and direct continuity of development from classroom teacher to university-based teacher educator was noted. Interviewees identified advantages of a career as a teacher educator and described circumstances surrounding their decisions to enter teacher education and to leave the classroom. Majority responses involved: (1) retention of psychic rewards of classroom teaching while gaining greater material and intellectual rewards; (2) more influence and impact on the nature and quality of the profession; (3) frustration with the static nature of teaching at the elementary and secondary levels; (4) greater amount of personal freedom; (5) intellectual challenge and stimulation of university life; (6) opportunity to combine interests in various disciplines with interests in teaching; and (7) relatively easy entrance to university-based teacher education. (JD) |
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Note: | Availability: Research & Development Center for Teacher Education, 3.203 Education Annex, The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 ($1.50). Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Education (edition), Washington, DC. Contract Number: OB-NIE-G-80-0216. Educational level discussed: Higher Education. Microform. |
Call Number: | ED230493 Microfiche |
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