Changes in core beliefs are difficult to effect unless, as Nisbett and Ross (1980) found in a number of studies on inference, people have a compelling reason to chan
This is very true; people who believe strongly in something are not going to change that belief unless they have an extremely good reason to. As teachers, we might believe very strongly in a certain subject or method, and a course or professor may not be able to change our opinion.
The goals of the people in this small community could not be fully grasped through observations of their visible lives. Heath had to uncover their imag- ined lives as well to understand their perspectives on life, literacy, and edu- cation
This is important to think about as a teacher because our students may have so much more going on than visible to us. Although this quote is not saying that exactly, I think it is pointing out that we need to dig deeper than the surface and learn more than the basic information to truly understand.
, beginning teachers begin thinking about how they would map the theories and methods they encounter in a course onto their im
This quote stood out to me because we learn so much in our time in the education program, and not everything is going to be exactly what we believe will work best in our classrooms. It is our job to take in all the information we learn, and decide if it is helpful towards our style of teaching in the future.