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Tuned In: How Novice Teachers Navigate Personal, Professional, And Political Influences, Mary Katherine Bentley
Tuned In: How Novice Teachers Navigate Personal, Professional, And Political Influences, Mary Katherine Bentley
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The purpose of this study was to begin to unlock how novice teachers navigate the tensions between their personal beliefs and those demonstrated or experienced through interactions with people and their environment. It should be of particular interest to administrators, schools, and teacher education programs that seek to support novice teachers. This study examines novice teachers' identity as seen through the stories they tell about their experiences to answer the research questions: How do new teachers interact with the stories of teaching and teaching identities? How do they embody, refuse (act against), or disregard (ignore) stories of teaching and teaching …