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2006-01-01

The Construction of Theoretical and Practical Knowledge in Initial Teacher Education

La construcción del conocimiento teórico y práctico en la formación inicial del profesorado

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Initial education, beliefs, language teaching and learning (en)
Formación inicial, creencias, enseñanza y aprendizaje de lenguas (es)

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  • Maria Helena Vieira Abrahão Universidade Estadual Paulista

This paper presents results from an interpretive research which has analysed how language student-teachers construct their knowledge about language teaching and learning during pre- service teacher education. The study, embedded within the general frameworks of teachers’ thinking and socialization, involved language student teachers from a public university in Brazil.

Este trabajo presenta resultados de una investigación interpretativa que ha analizado cómo los profesores de lenguas construyen su conocimiento sobre la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de lenguas durante la formación pre-servicio. En el estudio, arraigado en los esquemas generales de reflexión y socialización de los profesores, participaron profesores de lenguas de una universidad pública en Brasil.

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Vieira Abrahão, M. H. (2006). The Construction of Theoretical and Practical Knowledge in Initial Teacher Education. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 7(1), 87–99. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10996

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Vieira Abrahão, Maria Helena. 2006. “The Construction of Theoretical and Practical Knowledge in Initial Teacher Education”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 7 (1):87-99. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10996.

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Vieira Abrahão, M. H. (2006) “The Construction of Theoretical and Practical Knowledge in Initial Teacher Education”, Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, 7(1), pp. 87–99. Available at: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10996 (Accessed: 25 December 2025).

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Vieira Abrahão, M. H. “The Construction of Theoretical and Practical Knowledge in Initial Teacher Education”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development, vol. 7, no. 1, Jan. 2006, pp. 87-99, https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10996.

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Vieira Abrahão, Maria Helena. “The Construction of Theoretical and Practical Knowledge in Initial Teacher Education”. Profile: Issues in Teachers’ Professional Development 7, no. 1 (January 1, 2006): 87–99. Accessed December 25, 2025. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10996.

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Vieira Abrahão MH. The Construction of Theoretical and Practical Knowledge in Initial Teacher Education. Profile: Issues Teach. Prof. Dev. [Internet]. 2006 Jan. 1 [cited 2025 Dec. 25];7(1):87-99. Available from: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/10996

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