ERIC Number: EJ1248004
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-1538-750X
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Making Sense of Teaching: A Narrative Inquiry into Developing Knowedge Communities among Preservice Teachers in India
Arbol, Bobby
Curriculum and Teaching Dialogue, v17 n1-2 p103-120 2015
This article examines four preservice teachers in India, who came together on a web-based forum to form a private group. The act of coming together enabled them to share narratives of self and teaching in a safe place termed as a knowledge community in the literature. Narrative threads from the conversations instantiate their awakening to the nuances of teaching, bridging of theory-practice gap, deliberating culturally relevant practices, and enabling construction and reconstruction of their personal-practical knowledge in context.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Preservice Teachers, Theory Practice Relationship, Culturally Relevant Education, Teacher Collaboration, Discussion Groups, Computer Mediated Communication, Personal Narratives, Public Schools, Internship Programs, Elementary Education, Web 2.0 Technologies, Females, Young Adults
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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