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Using a Cultural Lens to Explore Challenges and Issues in Culturally Diverse Schools for Teach First Beginning Teachers: Implications for Future Teacher Training
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Hramiak, Alison – Professional Development in Education, 2014
This article explores some of the challenges faced by Teach First teachers during their first year of teaching in a culturally diverse school, and describes some of the strategies they employ to overcome them. Using a variety of methods, both qualitative and quantitative data are collected, focusing on the perspectives of the teachers over the…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Alternative Teacher Certification
Teacher Vulnerability: Understanding Its Moral and Political Roots.
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Kelchtermans, Geert – Cambridge Journal of Education, 1996
Reconstructs the main sources of teachers' sense of vulnerability through an analysis of primary school teachers professional biographies. Finds these sources of vulnerability: administrative or policy measures; professional relationships in the school; and limits to teachers' efficacy. Suggests autobiographical reflection and story-telling as…
Descriptors: Coping, Elementary Education, Emotional Problems, Foreign Countries