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Describing the Elephant: Preservice Teachers Talk about Spiritual Reasons for Becoming a Teacher
Teacher Education Quarterly
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Article
Disciplines
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Published Version
Publication Date
4-1-2009
Abstract
Given the need for high quality teachers in every classroom, it is important to understand what might contribute to the preparation and persistence of teachers. Two lines of literature in teacher education relate to such an understanding. One line of literature follows the circumstances of how people decide to become teachers. The other line explores the relationship between spirituality and teaching. This paper considers the intersection of those two lines; namely, what is the relationship, if any between why people enter the K-12 teaching field and the spirituality of teaching?
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Caddo Gap Press
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2009
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Citation Information
Joanne M. Marshall. "Describing the Elephant: Preservice Teachers Talk about Spiritual Reasons for Becoming a Teacher" Teacher Education Quarterly Vol. 36 Iss. 2 (2009) p. 25 - 44 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joanne_marshall/36/
This article is published as Marshall, Joanne M. "Describing the elephant: Preservice teachers talk about spiritual reasons for becoming a teacher." Teacher Education Quarterly 36, no. 2 (2009): 25-44. Posted with permission.