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A Study Of The Perceptions And Worldviews Of Mature Age Pre-Service Teachers Aged Between 31 And 53 Years, Matthew B. Etherington
A Study Of The Perceptions And Worldviews Of Mature Age Pre-Service Teachers Aged Between 31 And 53 Years, Matthew B. Etherington
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This study presents the perceptions and worldviews of 17 mature age second-career pre-service teachers in career transition. The aim was to explore the experience of becoming a primary school teacher after a first career. The second-career pre-service teachers were enrolled on a fulltime basis at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE/UT). The primary data were collected from 17 separate interviews of approximately 1 h; over two separate calendar years, which totalled a five-month interviewing period. The interviewees volunteered to be part of the study and were aged between 31 and 53 and enrolled in two high academic entry-level …