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ERIC Number: EJ796112
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 15
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1540-9392
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Living the Praxis of Teacher Education through Teacher Research
Torres, Myriam N.; Mercado, Maria
Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, v2 n2 p59-73 Win 2003-2004
The main objective of this self-study is to reflect and document the development of our own praxis by using teacher research in our teacher education courses. By praxis we mean an ongoing interdependent process in which reflection, including theoretical analysis, enlightens action, and in turn the transformed action changes our understanding of the object of our reflection. Based on the examination of our reflective journals, collegial dialogue, and students' teacher-research reports, we have achieved three major insights: (1) Teacher Research is a vehicle of genuine praxis of teacher education; (2) Praxis involves a dialectical rationality, which is radically different from the conception of practice within an instrumental rationality; and (3) Modeling and scaffolding the praxis of teacher research for our master's students--in-service teachers--facilitate both their transformation and ours.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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