"Between Student and Teacher: Learning to Teach as Translation" by Alison Cook-Sather
 

Document Type

Article

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Postprint

Publication Title

Teaching Education

Volume

12

Publication Date

2001

Abstract

In this article, I propose that teacher educators use the metaphor of translation to illuminate the process of preparing to teach. Drawing on my analysis of the experience of preservice teachers enrolled in a methods course required for certification to teach at the secondary level, I explain how a project based in that class supports the preservice teachers' translations. Through a weekly exchange of letters with selected students who attend a local public high school, and ongoing reflection on that exchange, preservice teachers enrolled in this methods course face two challenges: to translate what it means to be a teacher as they translate themselves into teachers, and to translate the language they use with students as they interact with those students.

DOI

10.1080/10476210120068066

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