Epistemology and Preservice Teacher Education: How Do Beliefs about Knowledge Affect Our Students’ Experiences?

Abstract

Provides information about the authors’ course and how they collected and analyzed data. Shares what they learned about the range of epistemological perspectives of their students. Explores how students’ beliefs may have shaped their experiences in the courses and their reflections on their work in the field. Finds many students drew on multiple lenses to frame their beliefs.