Getting the Story, Understanding the Lives: From Career Stories to Teachers' Professional Development.

Kelchtermans, Geert

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ERIC Number: EJ478616

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Publication Date: 1993

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Getting the Story, Understanding the Lives: From Career Stories to Teachers' Professional Development.

Kelchtermans, Geert

Teaching and Teacher Education, v9 n5-6 p443-56 Oct-Dec 1993

To understand teachers' professional development, career stories were collected from 10 experienced Flemish elementary teachers using semistructured biographical interviews. There were two recurring themes (striving for job stability and feelings of vulnerability). Results indicated the narrative-biographical approach is a feasible perspective for understanding professional development from the teacher's viewpoint. (SM)

Descriptors: Biographies, Career Development, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Personal Narratives, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Background

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Belgium

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