Teaching Selves

<p><b>Through the experiences of six students who wish to become high school teachers this book explores the process of what it means to be a teacher and proposes ten principles for identity development.</b></p><p><b>2001 </b><b><i>CHOICE</i></b><b> Outstanding Academic Title </b></p><p>This is a book about how identities arise in particular about how individuals become teachers and how pedagogy in teacher education programs can promote identity development. Teaching Selves argues that being a teacher is not a matter of simply adopting a role but rather involves the construction of an identity as a teacher. Focusing on identity the book tells the stories of six undergraduate students enrolled in a secondary teacher education program at a large state university. Through a qualitative study made up of interviews observations and teaching experiences with the subjects over a three-year period the author explains the process of becoming a teacher concentrating on the influences of education courses and other features of the teacher education program. Filled with students' stories and personal reflections from the author Teaching Selves offers a personal vision of what is possible in a very public endeavor-the education of new teachers.</p>