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Learning from counternarratives in Teach For America : moving from idealism towards hope / Sarah Matsui.

Learning from counternarratives in Teach For America : moving from idealism towards hope / Sarah Matsui.
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Record Number 17926
ISBN 9781433128127 (Softcover)
Location 370.71 MAT
Author Matsui, Sarah, 1988-
Title Learning from counternarratives in Teach For America : moving from idealism towards hope / Sarah Matsui.
Published New York : Peter Lang, [2015]
Collation ix, 230 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Content types text
Carrier type volume
Series Counterpoints : Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education ; v. 472
General Note "Learning from Counternarratives in Teach for America" confronts the glowing official portrayals of Teach for America experiences with narratives by former TFA corps members who offer less rosy accounts of the organization ... Her interviews suggest that TFA is not nurturing future teachers but burning them out." -- Rethinking Schools, Summer 2016.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-222) and index.
Contents Note Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Counternarratives and the Complexity of a Fuller Truth -- ch. 2 Examining the "TFA Script" -- ch. 3 Unexpected Life Changes Teaching in TFA: Counseling, Medical Prescriptions, Weight Changes, Increased Alcohol Consumption, Strained Relationships, Fatigue -- ch. 4 The Reality of Trauma in TFA -- ch. 5 TFA's Culture of Guilt and Shame -- ch. 6 The Complex, Politicized Process of TFA and CM Identity Development -- ch. 7 TFA Idealism and the Hero Teacher Narrative -- ch. 8 Listening and Learning from Counternarratives: Moving From Idealism Towards Hope.
Corporate Name Teach for America (Project)Evaluation
Subject Teachers -- Training of -- United States -- Evaluation
Teaching -- United States
Education, Urban -- United States
Education, Rural -- United States
Educational equalization -- United States
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