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Research on Teacher Identity, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2018
Mapping Challenges and Innovations
Coordinators: Schutz Paul A., Hong Ji, Cross Francis Dionne
Language: EnglishSubjects for Research on Teacher Identity:
Publication date: 01-2019
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 07-2018
Support: Print on demand
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Understanding teachers? professional identities and their development is key to unpacking teachers? professional lives, the quality of their instruction, their motivation and commitment to teach, and their career decision-making. This book features a number of scholars from around the world who represent a variety of disciplines, scientific paradigms, and inquiry methods in researching teacher identity. By bringing these chapters together, this volume initiates active scholarly conversations and extends the boundaries of teacher identity research and practice. This collection of chapters provides significant insight into teacher identity and will be essential reading for pre-service and in-service teachers, teacher educators, school administrators, professional developers, and policy makers at various levels.
Dionne Cross Francis is an associate professor of mathematics education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Indiana University and the Director of the Center for P-16 Research and Collaboration. Her research interests include investigating the relationships among psychological constructs such as beliefs, identity and emotions and how the interplay between these constructs influence teachers’ instructional decision-making prior to and during the act of teaching (mathematics).
Ji Hong an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Oklahoma. Her research focuses on pre-service and in-service teachers’ professional identity development, motivation to teach, emotions, and resilience in relation to teacher retention and teacher effectiveness. She is an Associate Editor of Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, and an Editorial Board member of Contemporary Educational Psychology.
Provides a comprehensive collection of perspectives focused on deepening understanding of teacher identity development
Brings together a broad range of international scholars’ work on teacher identity
Maps out challenges and innovations of teacher identity research
Reflects a deep appreciation for the social, contextual, and international dimensions of teacher identity development