To develop a mode of educational research which speaks both of and to the teacher we require more study of the lives of teachers. This book provides a vital insight into the ways in which teachers' bakgrounds and career histories affect their teaching methods and approaches. Many issues are covered ranging from the question of teacher drop-out to the importance of teacher socialisation. The studies employ a range of different methodologies allowing the reader to assess their varying strengths and weaknesses, but throughout they reaffirm the centrality of the teacher in educational research.
Author(s): I Goodison
Edition: 1
Year: 1992
Language: English
Pages: 272
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures and tables......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
Notes on contributors......Page 12
STUDYING TEACHERS' LIVES: AN EMERGENT FIELD OF INQUIRY......Page 16
DEVELOPING A RADICAL PEDAGOGY: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NEW ZEALAND SOCIOLOGIST OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION......Page 33
COLLABORATIVE AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND THE TEACHER'S VOICE......Page 66
MODELS FOR UNDERSTANDING PRE-SERVICE AND BEGINNING TEACHERS' BIOGRAPHIES: ILLUSTRATIONS FROM CASE STUDIES......Page 114
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND EDUCATOR PERSONALITY: STAGES, TYPES, TRAITS OR PROCESSES?......Page 168
USING ORAL CASE HISTORIES TO RECONSTRUCT THE EXPERIENCES OF WOMEN TEACHERS IN VERMONT, 1900 50......Page 182
WHY DO PROGRESSIVE WOMEN ACTIVISTS LEAVE TEACHING? THEORY, METHODOLOGY AND POLITICS IN LIFE-HISTORY RESEARCH......Page 202
VISITING LIVES: ETHICS AND METHODOLOGY IN LIFE HISTORY......Page 224
STUDYING TEACHERS' LIVES: PROBLEMS AND POSSIBILITIES......Page 249
Index......Page 265
