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Contents: D.P. Britzman, Foreword. Preface. A Teaching Life: How and Why This Project Came to Be. What Does It Mean to Be a Secondary School Teacher? The Struggle of Subjectivities: Narratives of Tension. Memories and Enactments: Experiential Narratives of Teaching and Learning. Denying the Mind/Body Split: Narratives About the Embodiment of Teacher Indentity. The Influence of Others: Narratives About Family and Friends. Using Discourse to Create a Teacher Identity: Borderland Narratives. Teaching Is...An Analysis of the Metaphor. What Do I Believe? Statements of Philosophy. To Know Thyself: Final Thoughts About Teacher Identity. Appendices.
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