Becoming Somebody in Teacher Education

Name: Becoming Somebody in Teacher Education
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Becoming Somebody in Teacher EducationPerson, Profession and Organization in a Global Southern Context\nAuthor(s): Kari Kragh Blume Dahl\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367437305, 978-0367437305\nSynopsis\nBecoming Somebody in Teacher Education explores the realities of contemporary teacher education in Kenya. Based on a long-term ethnographic fieldwork, it views the teacher training institution as a space to grow, become and be shaped as teachers in complex moral worlds. \n\nDrawing on a rich conceptual and theoretical vocabulary, the book shows how students in these teacher education institutions constantly negotiate and confront the complex constructions of ethnicity, gender and class, as well as moral, religious and academic issues and a lack of resources encountered in the different institutional cultures. It outlines a complex array of concerns affecting student teachers that shape what professional becomi.