Drawing identity: Beginning pre-service teachers’ professional identities
dc.contributor.author | Beltman, Susan | |
dc.contributor.author | Glass, C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Dinham, Judith | |
dc.contributor.author | Chalk, Beryl | |
dc.contributor.author | Nguyen, Bich | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T13:13:48Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T13:13:48Z | |
dc.date.created | 2015-12-10T04:25:57Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Beltman, S. and Glass, C. and Dinham, J. and Chalk, B. and Nguyen, B. 2015. Drawing identity: Beginning pre-service teachers’ professional identities. Issues in Educational Research. 25 (3): pp. 225-245. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29571 | |
dc.description.abstract |
© 2015, Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc. All rights reserved. Developing a professional teacher identity can be complex as pre-service teachers engage with a process informed by their previous experiences of teachers and teaching, by learning in their pre-service course, by field placements, and by societal expectations. Using drawing as the method for gathering data, pre-service teachers in an Australian university were asked, prior to their first professional experience, to draw themselves as the teacher they hoped to become. Drawings (N=125) were coded according to the presence or absence of teacher, students and artefacts of teaching. Representations indicated that pre-service teachers identified themselves as teachers who would conduct enjoyable learning experiences, have positive relationships with their students and who were confident in themselves as a teacher. There was little evidence of the potential complexities or challenges of teaching, raising a dilemma for teacher educators in how to prepare pre-service teachers for the reality of the workplace while maintaining their positive approach. | |
dc.publisher | Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc. | |
dc.relation.uri | http://www.iier.org.au/iier25/beltman.pdf | |
dc.title | Drawing identity: Beginning pre-service teachers’ professional identities | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 25 | |
dcterms.source.number | 3 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 225 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 245 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0313-7155 | |
dcterms.source.title | Issues in Educational Research | |
curtin.note |
This open access article is distributed under the Creative Commons license | |
curtin.department | School of Education | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access |