Title
Describing the Elephant: Preservice Teachers Talk about Spiritual Reasons for Becoming a Teacher
Campus Units
Education, School of
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
Spring 2009
Journal or Book Title
Teacher Education Quarterly
Volume
36
Issue
2
First Page
25
Last Page
44
Abstract
Given the need for high quality teachers in every classroom, it is important to understand what might contribute to the preparation and persistence of teachers. Two lines of literature in teacher education relate to such an understanding. One line of literature follows the circumstances of how people decide to become teachers. The other line explores the relationship between spirituality and teaching. This paper considers the intersection of those two lines; namely, what is the relationship, if any between why people enter the K-12 teaching field and the spirituality of teaching?
Rights
Copyright 2009 Caddo Gap Press. This article may not be duplicated, distributed, or sold without specific permission from Caddo Gap Press.
Copyright Owner
Caddo Gap Press
Copyright Date
2009
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Marshall, Joanne M., "Describing the Elephant: Preservice Teachers Talk about Spiritual Reasons for Becoming a Teacher" (2009). Education Publications. 109.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/edu_pubs/109
Included in
Educational Methods Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Higher Education Commons, Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons
Comments
This article is published as Marshall, Joanne M. "Describing the elephant: Preservice teachers talk about spiritual reasons for becoming a teacher." Teacher Education Quarterly 36, no. 2 (2009): 25-44. Posted with permission.