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Passing the Torch: Developing Students' Professional Identity through Connected Narratives.
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This article examines the effectiveness of personal narratives on novice and aspiring teachers' professional identity development. It does so by looking specifically at the preprofessional program at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and discusses how one professor used life-stories in conjunction with prepracticum experiences to enhance her students' perceptions about the teaching profession. This study finds that using reflective narratives as texts caused participating education majors to think more deeply and realistically about their newly chosen profession and to adjust their initial beliefs and assumptions about the role of teachers in ...
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