Full Description
Understanding Teacher Identity: The Complexities of Forming an Identity as Professional Teacher introduces the reader to a collection of research-based works by authors that represent current research concerning the complexities of teacher identity and the role of teacher preparation programs in shaping the identity of teachers. Important to teacher preparation, as a profession, is a realization that the psychological, philosophical, theoretical, and pedagogical underpinnings of teacher identity have critical importance in shaping who the teacher is, and will continue to become in his/her practice. Teacher identity is an instrumental factor in teachers' and the students' success. Chapter One opens the book with a focus on the development of teacher identity, providing an introduction to the book and an understanding of the growing importance of identity in becoming a teacher. Chapters Two-Nine present field-based research that examines the complexities of teacher identity in teacher preparation and the importance of teacher identity in the teaching and learning experiences of the classroom. Finally, Chapter Ten presents an epilogue focusing on teacher identity and the importance, as teacher educators and practitioners, of making sense of who we are and how identity plays a critical role in the preparation and practice of teachers.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Development of Teacher Identity: Becoming a Teacher
Patrick M. Jenlink
Chapter 2. The Impact of Teacher Education in School Practice: The Professional Identity Development of a Novice Primary School Teacher of Mathematics
Hanna Palmér
Chapter 3. Mediated Representations of Teacher Identity in Mr. D: Reconciling Cultural Images of the Expert-Professional Educator
Charles L. Lowery
Chapter 4. "It's Just Kinda Like a Year-long Job Interview": Preservice Teacher Identity Development in a Year-long Teacher Residency
Yiting Chu
Chapter 5. The TIN WOODMAN: An Analogy for Overcoming Heartless Educator Preparation
Paul Parkison
Chapter 6. Work(s) in Progress: Professional Teacher Identity Development in Lesbian and Gay Preservice E/La Teachers
Summer DavisChapter 7. Exploring the Mathematics Identities of Pre-Service Elementary and Early Childhood Teachers
Ashley Renaire Davis and Helen L. Johnson
Chapter 8. Pre-service Language Teachers' Agency Experiences: Constructing Professional Identities through Agentive Participation in University Courses
Päivikki Jääskelä, Riikka Alanen, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty, and Anne Pitkänen-Huhta
Chapter 9. Music Teacher Resilience: Identity Transitions During the Early Years of Teaching
Kristen Pellegrino, Erik Johnson, Cynthia L. Wagoner, and Sean Robert Powell
Chapter 10. Epilogue: Teacher Identity: The Importance of Making Sense of One's Self as Teacher
Patrick M. Jenlink
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