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Becoming a special education teacher: Journey or maze?
- Source :
- Reflective Practice; Aug2011, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p547-556, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- This paper discusses the beginning steps of the author as a special education teacher in a large Southwest public school district in the US. The author discusses his first year of experience in a large US middle school as an inclusion teacher by using self-reflective practice in the form of excerpts from his learning journal to become aware and understand the complexities of becoming a special education teacher. The metaphor of the maze is introduced and used as the lens through which the author experienced his becoming a special education teacher and how the metaphor of the maze dominates the professional growth and identity of the author in the field of special education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14623943
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Reflective Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 62667391
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14623943.2011.590344