Narratives on Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Perspective

This book brings in an international perspective on a much debated area, namely teacher education. Through narrative research, the chapters in this collection provide a wide variety of stories of discovery, transformation and hope in teaching and learning to teach. ANDREA M. A. MATTOS currently teaches English and Applied Linguistics at undergraduate and graduate levels at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Foreword; D.J.Clandinin Introduction; A.M.A.Mattos Narrative Frameworks for Living, Learning, Researching and Teaching; A.L.Forsythe Moore PART I: STORIES OF DISCOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION Understanding Classroom Experiences: Listening to Stories in Order to Tell Stories; A.M.A.Mattos Becoming a Teacher: Using Narratives to Develop a Professional Stance of Teaching Science; R.W.Blake Jr. & S.Haines Personal Politics and Identity in Student Teachers' Stories of Learning to Teach; A.Ovens Learning to Teach Across Cultural Boundaries; N.Hooley & M.Ryan River Journeys: Narrative Accounts of South Australian Pre-service Teachers During Professional Experience; F.McCallum & B.Prosser Exploring Ways to Promote an Equality Discourse Using Non-Text/Creative Approaches for Learning in the Everyday Lives in Adult Literacy Learners; R.Mark Team Teaching: Having the Eyes to See the Wind; D.Garbett & R.Heap Enhancing Faculty Commitment, Hope and Renewal Through Developmental Performance Reviews; G.Quartaro & B.Cox PART II: STORIES OF HOPE 'It Gives Me a Kind of Grounding': Two University Educators' Narratives of Hope in Worklife; D.Larsen Finding the Time and Space to Write: Some Stories from Canadian Teacher Educators; D.Miller Learning About Hope Through Hope: Reflections on the ESL Enterprise; J.Sillito A Newcomer's Hope: A Narrative Inquiry into One Teacher Educator's Professional Development Experiences in Canada; Y.Li A Tail of Hope: Preservice Teachers' Stories of Expectation Toward the Profession; A.M.A.Mattos