Newly Betwixt and Between: Revising Liminality in the Context of a Teacher Preparation Program
- 1 June 2006
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anthropology & Education Quarterly
- Vol. 37 (2) , 110-127
- https://doi.org/10.1525/aeq.2006.37.2.110
Abstract
Through an analysis of a contemporary rite of passage‐the final stage of teacher preparation‐I develop a new theory of liminality that both builds on and extends Victor Turner's enduring insights. The analysis focuses on how preservice teachers in an undergraduate education program engage in a process of identity formation within an asynchronous, nondimensional, liminal space made possible and shaped by e‐mail and with the support of experienced mentor teachers.Keywords
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