dc.contributor.author | Wassermann, Johan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-15T07:27:58Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-15T07:27:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wasserman, J. 2009. Student History teachers' personal theories on teaching: autobiographies and their emerging professional identities. Yesterday & today, 4:77-91, Oct. [http://www.sashtw.org.za/index2.htm] [http://dspace.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/5126] | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2223-0386 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10394/5515 | |
dc.description.abstract | Philosophy of teaching statements are autobiographical reflective statements
on teaching and learning. Such statements can therefore be regarded as a
window into the professional identities of teachers, and are increasingly called
for internationally when promotion and appointments are considered. In this
paper the philosophy of teaching statements of final-year History Education
student teachers, are used as the units of analysis. Although meaningful themes
on their emerging professional identities as prospective History teachers
materialised, in the article I argue that their philosophy of teaching statements
were burdened by constraints such as a lack of experience and the educational
context they found themselves in. In conclusion I contend that although the
philosophy of teaching statements provided nothing more than a porthole
into the multilayered emerging professional identities of the History student
teachers it gave the latter the opportunity to develop a picture of themselves
as History teachers. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | The South African Society for History Teaching (SASHT) under the auspices of the School of Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University | en_US |
dc.subject | Philosophy of teaching | en_US |
dc.subject | Professional identities | en_US |
dc.subject | Teaching autobiographies | en_US |
dc.subject | History education | en_US |
dc.subject | Student history teachers | en_US |
dc.subject | Theories on teaching | en_US |
dc.title | Student History teachers' personal theories on teaching: autobiographies and their emerging professional identities. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |