TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract The aim of this chapter is to feature exemplars of narrative pedagogies used in teacher education in Finland. The theoretical framework of the chapter is based on two commitments. First, we argue that narrative pedagogies are meaningful, since becoming and being a teacher is a constantly changing and developing identity story. Narrative pedagogies also link to the notion of “participant knowledge,” in contrast to “spectator knowledge,” which has been the dominant view on epistemology in the modern scientific world. Participant knowledge is something typically narrative in nature, which has much to do with emotional and expressive ways of understanding the world around us. In this chapter, we first introduce practices of autobiographical writing as examples how to promote skills of critical reflection. We then introduce narrative pedagogies, which have been organized for peer groups. During the first project, a special method, KerToi, was developed both for preservice and in-service teacher education. The newest model is the Peer-Group Mentoring (PGM) model, in which peer group practices were further developed to support early career teachers in Finland, and to be used as the European Paedeia Café model. We conclude that narrative pedagogies in Finnish teacher education offer an excellent environment that links theoretical, spectator knowledge to participant knowledge. The narrative approach to peer-group mentoring can be seen as a promising pedagogy, which can promote a more humane teacher education experience and reinforce the professional and personal growth of future teachers.
VL  - 22
SN  - 978-1-78441-136-7/1479-3687
DO  - 10.1108/S1479-368720140000022011
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-368720140000022011
AU  - Estola Eila
AU  - Heikkinen Hannu L. T.
AU  - Syrjälä Leena
PY  - 2014
Y1  - 2014/01/01
TI  - Narrative Pedagogies for Peer Groups
T2  - International Teacher Education: Promising Pedagogies (Part A)
T3  - Advances in Research on Teaching
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 155
EP  - 172
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -