The role of the transformative teacher : an interpretive inquiry into the possibilities of personal awareness and praxis in authentic educational reform

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Richard Wayne Smith (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
David E. Purpel

Abstract: This investigation focuses upon the role of the teacher as an agent of change in public education by exploring different means through which the teacher might become both more aware and more responsible for his professional experience. By utilizing the methodology of personal inquiry, the study provides a framework and a theoretical grounding for greater agency in both the personal and professional domains (Pinar, 1974) by searching for a better understanding of self and world.

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 1990
Subjects
Teachers
Teaching
Educational change

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