Becoming a secondary school teacher: Keys to a meaningful professional identity

This study explores the construction of teachers' identities during their pre-service training and their initial period of professional induction. Thirteen life stories of novice teachers of differing characteristics attending the Master's Degree in Secondary Education Teaching at the University of...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Berbegal, Alfredo; Daza Pérez, Lidia; Carapeto Pacheco, Lara; Rivas Flores, José Ignacio
Format: Article
Status:Published version
Publication date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Barcelona
Repository:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/221120
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/221120
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Professors d'educació secundària
Formació del professorat
High school teachers
Teacher training
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Summary:This study explores the construction of teachers' identities during their pre-service training and their initial period of professional induction. Thirteen life stories of novice teachers of differing characteristics attending the Master's Degree in Secondary Education Teaching at the University of Barcelona (Spain) are analysed. Findings identify four dimensions in identity construction (attribution, projection, development and transformation) and analyze their key components. The implications of the findings are discussed in terms of the dialectic between the professionalizing models in the training programme and the professional communities and teachers' specific personal processes of professional self-determination.