Good Readers, Good Teachers? Subject Matter Expertise as a Challenge in Learning to Teach.

Holt-Reynolds, Diane

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ERIC Number: EJ581016

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Publication Date: 1999

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Good Readers, Good Teachers? Subject Matter Expertise as a Challenge in Learning to Teach.

Holt-Reynolds, Diane

Harvard Educational Review, v69 n1 p29-50 Spr 1999

Case study of a subject-matter expert in a teacher-training program illustrates how expertise does not automatically translate into understanding how to model it for students. The expert's failure to view expertise as learned makes it unavailable for teaching as a subject. (SK)

Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Literature Appreciation, Preservice Teacher Education, Self Concept, Student Teachers, Teacher Effectiveness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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