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This paper is delimited to an exploration of three representations from the field of pedagogical ethics. I focus on the ethics of background beliefs, guiding rules and principles, and dilemma managing together with their contested practices and premises. The aim is to interpret and translate teachers' understandings from the language they use, and to give concrete expressions to these interpretations by their daily actions. My goal is to present how these representations can help us to see and interpret pedagogical practices, and how these interpretations can help teachers better to understand their professional practice.
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Husu, J. Constructing Ethical Representations From the Teacher's Pedagogical Practice: A Case of Prolonged Reflection. Interchange 34, 1–21 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1024595600952
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