FUTURE TEACHERS' IDENTITY: BETWEEN AN IDEALISTIC VISION AND A REALISTIC VIEW1

This study focuses on the way in which graduating student teachers represent themselves both as individuals and as future professional teachers, and compares these representations by identity status as defined by Marcia (Marcia et al., 1993). Seventy-six semi-structured interviews were conducted wit...

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Published inMcGill journal of education Vol. 42; no. 1; p. 141
Main Authors Gohier, Christiane, Chevrier, Jacques, Anadón, Marta
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Montreal McGill Journal of Education 01.01.2007
Subjects
Beginning Teachers
Career Change
Children & youth
Competence
Educational Change
Elementary School Teachers
Identity
Interviews
Learning
Preservice Teacher Education
Professional ethics
Professional Identity
Professional Recognition
Psychology
Recognition (Achievement)
Resistance (Psychology)
Self Actualization
Semi Structured Interviews
Student teachers
Student teaching
Teacher Education Programs
Teacher Improvement
Teacher Qualifications
Teaching (Occupation)
Teaching Methods
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Summary:This study focuses on the way in which graduating student teachers represent themselves both as individuals and as future professional teachers, and compares these representations by identity status as defined by Marcia (Marcia et al., 1993). Seventy-six semi-structured interviews were conducted with students during their last year of a university elementary teacher preparation program. The results show consistency between personal and professional attributes among all the interviewed students. A high number of participants see themselves as both dynamic and empathic, thus reflecting an idealized conception of themselves and of the profession. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:1916-0666