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Struggling with the imperfect : exploring the autobiographic texts of a teacher Niessen, Anna

Abstract

Life experiences have so much influence on teachers’ values and beliefs about education. This is the story of how personal experiences have influenced the development of a home economics teacher. It is a self study written in narrative style, inquiring into Parker Palmer’s (2007) comment, “We teach who we are”, stressing the importance of teachers exploring their inner lives, and the immense effects on classroom practice.

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Title
Struggling with the imperfect : exploring the autobiographic texts of a teacher
Creator
Niessen, Anna
Date Issued
2020-08
Description
Life experiences have so much influence on teachers’ values and beliefs about education. This is the story of how personal experiences have influenced the development of a home economics teacher. It is a self study written in narrative style, inquiring into Parker Palmer’s (2007) comment, “We teach who we are”, stressing the importance of teachers exploring their inner lives, and the immense effects on classroom practice.
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. EDCP 590
Date Available
2023-11-16
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0437751
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86595
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP), Department of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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