Teacher Socialization. Issue Paper 89-7 (original) (raw)

Three main traditions in teacher socialization research (functionalist, interpretive, and critical) ate discussed in relation to studies of occupational socialization. The analysis of the teacher socialization literature which follows examines influences on teacher socialization prior to, during, and after completion of a preservice teacher educatiomprogram taking into account three layers of social context (interactive, institut'onal, and cultural). Works published in English from the United St.:tes, Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom are included in the literatUre review. Following this analysis of the teacher socialization literature, several key issues and concerns related to conducting and interpretsng studies on teacher socialization are discussed together with the implications of the extant literatlre for practice in teacher education. (Author)