Using Identifying Narratives to Examine Interns' Responses in an Elementary Mathematics Teacher Education Course.

Teacher Education (TE) courses are often reported to have a weak impact. This study examines that by investigating prospective teachers' "identifying narratives" in a TE course. Two prospective teachers with different reactions to the course content demonstrated different patterns of constructing identifying narratives. The analysis gleans new insights into the relationship between identity and responses to reform. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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