May's First Year: Conversations with a Mentor.

Kilbourn, Brent; Roberts, Geoffrey

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ERIC Number: EJ442223

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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May's First Year: Conversations with a Mentor.

Kilbourn, Brent; Roberts, Geoffrey

Teachers College Record, v93 n2 p252-64 Win 1991

Describes a first-year teacher's efforts to become a teacher and her experiences of the complex relationships among control, subject matter, and teaching. The article stresses the importance of the institutional context within which the beginner works, noting her relationship with her department head and mentor. (SM)

Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Case Studies, Educational Environment, English Instruction, Experiential Learning, High Schools, Mentors, Private Schools, Single Sex Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Teaching Experience, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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