"Disproportion, Monstrousness, and Mystery": Ecological and Ethical Reflections on the Initiation of Student-Teachers into the Community of Education.

Jardine, David W.; Field, James C.

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ERIC Number: EJ453751

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Publication Date: 1992

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"Disproportion, Monstrousness, and Mystery": Ecological and Ethical Reflections on the Initiation of Student-Teachers into the Community of Education.

Jardine, David W.; Field, James C.

Teaching and Teacher Education, v8 n3 p301-10 1992

Examines ways to understand the experiences of student teachers facing their first practicum work. Preservice teacher education has some of the character of initiation into a community, and it must help student teachers see the deeply ethical and ecological character of their responsibilities. (SM)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Epistemology, Higher Education, Knowledge Level, Practicums, Preservice Teacher Education, Separation Anxiety, Student Teaching, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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