1st Edition

Millennial Teachers Learning to Teach in Uncertain Times

By Heidi L Hallman Copyright 2017
132 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages
by Routledge

132 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing on narratives of five beginning teachers, Millennial Teachers explores the tensions in teachers’ young careers and how changing social, economic, and technological conditions of our current era both afford and constrain teachers’ identities and in contexts in which they work. Examining case studies of beginning teachers, Hallman draws a generational portraits of novice teachers and... Read more

Introduction. 1. Teachers as Shape-Shifters 2. Teaching for the Inclusion of Diversity and Social Justice 3. Confronting the Forces of Standardization 4. Technology: The Golden Thread? 5. Exploring Disciplinary Tensions 6. Teaching in These Times

Biography

Heidi L. Hallman is Associate Professor of Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Kansas, USA.

"In this book, the author offers compelling research that explores tensions that beginning teachers experience as they find their place teaching in uncertain times. Through portraits of teachers, this book provides insight into such tensions, including issues of standardization, diversity, and technology. This book examines how teacher educators might better reach teachers during uncertain times." -- Amy Vetter, Associate Professor of English Education, University of North Carolina Greensboro