Conceptualizing Narrative Authority: Implications for Teacher Education.

Olson, Margaret R.

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Publication Date: 1995

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Conceptualizing Narrative Authority: Implications for Teacher Education.

Olson, Margaret R.

Teaching and Teacher Education, v11 n2 p119-35 Mar 1995

Narrative authority is presented as an alternative to positivism in teacher education research and curricula, emphasizing the personal practical knowledge of everyone involved in teacher education. After describing Dewey's conception of experience, the paper discusses the construction of knowledge from experience and the influence of authority, noting implications for teacher education. (SM)

Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Experience, Life Events, Narration, Personal Narratives, Preservice Teacher Education, Social Experience, Story Telling, Student Teacher Supervisors, Student Teachers, Teacher Student Relationship

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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