Borrowing rationales for humanities in quiry in medical education, the author argues for the use of literary texts in teacher education. John Updike's Roger's Version and Margaret Laurence's A Jest of God illuminate two difficult problems facing teachers: intellectual paternalism and emotional distancing.
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