The Development and Construction of Teacher Professional Identity: A Case Study on Beliefs towards Teaching

Oruc Erturk, Nesrin

The Development and Construction of Teacher Professional Identity: A Case Study on Beliefs towards Teaching

Nesrin ORUÇ ERTÜRK (İzmir Ekonomi Üniversitesi, Yabancı Diller Yüksekokulu, İzmir, Türkiye)

Başkent University Journal of Education

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Yıl: 2020 Cilt: 7 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 169 - 179 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 22-05-2021

The Development and Construction of Teacher Professional Identity: A Case Study on Beliefs towards Teaching

Öz:

The purpose of this study is to attain a more detailed understanding of teacher professional identity in general in order to enhancethe ways in which teacher education programs are conceived. The paper reports on a three-year longitudinal case study on theprofessional identity change of one Turkish EFL teacher in the last two years of her university education and the first year ofteaching in a primary school in Turkey. The significance of this study is that it examines the process of the combination ofteacher identity over the period immediately before and after entering full time teaching. This study analyses teacher professionalidentity as an undergoing process and the findings show that reflecting on one’s own teacher identity develops the consciousnesswhich promotes the concept and strengthens the process of identity development.

Anahtar Kelime:

Öğretmenlik Meslek Kimliğinin Gelişimi ve Oluşumu: Öğretme ile İlgili Düşüncelere Ait Bir Vaka Çalışması

Öz:

Bu çalışmanın amacı genel olarak öğretmen mesleki kimliği hakkında daha fazla bilgi edinerek öğretmen yetiştiren programların geliştirlmesidir. Makale, bir İngilizce öğretmen adayının üniversitedeki son iki yılı ve Türkiye’de bir ilk öğretim okulunda geçen meslek hayatındaki ilk yılını kapsayan toplam 3 yıllık boylamsal vaka çalışmasının sonuçlarını raporlamaktadır. Çalışmanın önemi, öğretmen kimliği gelişim sürecini öğretmen adayının tam zamanlı çalışma öncesi ve sonrası dönemini kapsamasıdır. Bu çalışma öğretmen mesleki kimliğini gelişmeye devam eden bir süreç olarak ele almaktadır. Çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre öğretmen adayının kendi mesleki kimlik gelişim sürecine odaklanması bu süreci güçlendirmekle kalmayıp adayda bu konuda bir bilinç gelişmesine katkı sağlamıştır.

Anahtar Kelime:

Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık

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MLA	Oruc Erturk Nesrin The Development and Construction of Teacher Professional Identity: A Case Study on Beliefs towards Teaching. Başkent University Journal of Education, vol.7, no.2, 2020, ss.169 - 179.
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