A Dream of a School

Shosh Leshem, Noa Zion and Ariel Friedman

SAGE Open, 2015, vol. 5, issue 4, 2158244015621351

Abstract: In this study, we examined how student teachers in their first year of a teacher education program develop insights of their ideal school and desired teaching by designing a model of a school that incorporated ideological, pedagogical, physical, and interpersonal aspects. Twenty projects of ideal schools were analyzed. The findings reveal that student teachers at their initial stages of teacher education, when exposed to dissonances at the boundary between different social worlds, can develop complex understanding if they are provided with contexts that allow such spaces. We conclude that teacher educators can exploit incidents of conflict and friction as learning opportunities and thus enhance deeper learning.

Keywords: student teachers; professional identity; critical thinking; ideal school; teacher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/2158244015621351

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