Backing the Right Horse: Teacher Education, Sociocultural Analysis and Literacy in Rural Education

Autor/in	Corbett, Michael
Titel	Backing the Right Horse: Teacher Education, Sociocultural Analysis and Literacy in Rural Education
Quelle	In: Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 26 (2010) 1, S.82-86 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0742-051X
DOI	10.1016/j.tate.2009.08.001
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Psychology; Intellectual Disciplines; Anthropology; Literacy; Reading Instruction; Rural Education; Teacher Attitudes; Foundations of Education; Teacher Education; Educational Principles; Educational Philosophy; Educational Theories; Constructivism (Learning); Teacher Role; Reflection; Teacher Education Curriculum; Educational Environment; Teaching Methods; Knowledge Base for Teaching + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Psychologie; Geisteswissenschaften; Anthropologie; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Leseunterricht; Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Lehrerverhalten; Grundlagenausbildung; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Bildungsprinzip; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Educational theory; Theory of education; Bildungstheorie; Lehrerrolle; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Teaching theory; Theory of teaching; Unterrichtstheorie
Abstract	This paper is a reflection on the way that a background in sociocultural theory and research actually saved my teaching career by allowing me to shift from being a dispenser of knowledge to a cultural neophyte attempting to understand where he is. Teaching then is understood as a reading exercise which is undertaken in a particular place which itself needs to be read by the effective teacher. This is a narrative inquiry into practice which represents an attempt to understand my own teaching career in the light of Frank Smith's (1984) provocative essay "How education backed the wrong horse" in which he argues that anthropology would have made a better choice for a foundational discipline for education than psychology. I conclude with some thoughts on what this perspective implies for literacy instruction. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10