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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kaleidoscopic teaching: A qualitative study of a second-grade teacher

Abstract

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"This is a case study of an elementary teacher, Annie, who has been teaching for 26 years. The purpose of the study is to find out what qualities she has developed that have made her have a reputation as a good teacher. Insights into her past and present are made through interviews with those who worked with her in school settings. Personal in-depth interviews with Annie were also conducted in order to obtain her views on teaching. Over a year of observations and interviews led me to conclude that Annie's personal levels of commitment and abstraction are so high that she has come to teach, and learn about teaching on another level that not all teachers achieve. The high level of teaching Annie has reached is what I term as ""kaleidoscopic teaching."""

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Education
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Richter, Kammie Marie
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Manolakes, Theodore

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • Copyright 1995 Richter, Kammie Marie
Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
AAI9624470
(UMI)AAI9624470
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/20236

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Richter, Kammie Marie. Kaleidoscopic teaching: A qualitative study of a second-grade teacher. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/20236