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Early Career Physical Educators' Perspectives On Learning To Teach In Urban Schools, Sara Barnard Flory
Early Career Physical Educators' Perspectives On Learning To Teach In Urban Schools, Sara Barnard Flory
Wayne State University Dissertations
The purpose of the study was to examine early career physical educators' perspectives on learning to teach in urban schools. Using occupational socialization theory (Lawson, 1983a, 1983b; Lortie, 1975) and cultural relevance theory (Flory & McCaughtry, 2011), I studied three early-career physical education teachers who taught in urban schools but did not grow up in urban communities. Data collection occurred for approximately six weeks with each teacher via lesson observation and in-depth interviews. Data were analyzed using constant comparison. The findings of this study outlined the particular elements from each teachers' experience during their pre-professional socialization, professional socialization, and induction …