This Must Be a Suburban Classroom!: Using Photographs to Investigate Teacher Candidates Developing Professional Identities
The study described in this paper used photo-elicitation to investigate teacher candidates’ developing understanding of learning, students and classroom environment. Specifically we sought to determine if our students internalized the concepts taught in two courses in our teacher preparati...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brock University
2010-05-01
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| Series: | Brock Education: a Journal of Educational Research and Practice |
| Online Access: | http://brock.scholarsportal.info/journals/brocked/home/article/view/91 |
| Summary: | The study described in this paper used photo-elicitation to investigate teacher candidates’ developing understanding of learning, students and classroom environment. Specifically we sought to determine if our students internalized the concepts taught in two courses in our teacher preparation program. Analysis revealed that despite our efforts to expand our students’ perspectives on culturally diverse classrooms they continued to hold traditional views on the nature of the environment, and the nature of the learner. Photo- elicitation was an excellent means to uncover the impact we as teacher educators have on our students’ developing professional identities |
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| ISSN: | 1183-1189 |