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Peer reviewedLange, John D.; Burroughs-Lange, Sue G. – Teaching and Teacher Education, 1994
To examine professional knowledge and growth, experienced elementary teachers completed open-ended interviews that highlighted memorable experiences in their professional lives. Results indicated that teachers preserved and built a sense of their own competence by developing a knowledgeable, malleable concept of professional practice. Their…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Download full textLange, John D.; Burroughs-Lange, Sue G. – 1994
This qualitative study proposes a model of the processes of attaining professional knowledge through which teachers develop strategies for becoming comfortable with their image of themselves as effective teachers. Case studies of 12 experienced elementary school teachers in Brisbane, Australia, examined how they gain their professional knowledge…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Competence, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers
