Influences on teachers’ professional identity in schools in challenging circumstances: an empirical study of Chilean primary teachers’ perceptions
There are so far few attempts to understand the teaching occupation and the meaning of being a good teacher as understood by teachers, a central issue in the improvement of schools. This study explores Chilean teachers’ perceptions of their professional identities, since conflict and stress around q...
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| description | There are so far few attempts to understand the teaching occupation and the meaning of being a good teacher as understood by teachers, a central issue in the improvement of schools. This study explores Chilean teachers’ perceptions of their professional identities, since conflict and stress around questions of identity affect teachers’ emotional well-being, impacting their capacity to engage emotionally with students and the wider school community, and thus their capacity to provide significant learning experiences which are key elements of successful learning. On the contrary, positive leadership and sufficient intellectual and material resources for reflection and discussion on the situation of conflicts on teachers’ professional identities can trigger processes of personal and professional growth, enhancing professional identity meanings, and thus effectiveness in providing significant learning experiences.
To look at teachers through the lens of identity allows us to explore the combination of personal and contextual factors that affect their identities, bringing an understanding of teachers' perceptions about their identities and the contribution of other social actors to them in Chilean primary public schools.
In this vein, it is important to acknowledge that most teachers have strong motivations in choosing the occupation. These motivations are often related to their sense of vocation as well as their personal beliefs and values. In this context, teachers’ professional identity meanings are explored in underperforming schools by means of semi-structured interviews of twenty primary teachers. By a careful qualitative analysis, this study found different groups of influences that define these identities, shaping and re-shaping at least three professional identity profiles with consequences for teachers’ autonomy in professional judgements, agency and collegial relationships, and impacting their capacity to provide significant learning experiences. |
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| spelling | nottingham-445532025-02-28T13:50:12Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44553/ Influences on teachers’ professional identity in schools in challenging circumstances: an empirical study of Chilean primary teachers’ perceptions Lozano, Maria F. There are so far few attempts to understand the teaching occupation and the meaning of being a good teacher as understood by teachers, a central issue in the improvement of schools. This study explores Chilean teachers’ perceptions of their professional identities, since conflict and stress around questions of identity affect teachers’ emotional well-being, impacting their capacity to engage emotionally with students and the wider school community, and thus their capacity to provide significant learning experiences which are key elements of successful learning. On the contrary, positive leadership and sufficient intellectual and material resources for reflection and discussion on the situation of conflicts on teachers’ professional identities can trigger processes of personal and professional growth, enhancing professional identity meanings, and thus effectiveness in providing significant learning experiences. To look at teachers through the lens of identity allows us to explore the combination of personal and contextual factors that affect their identities, bringing an understanding of teachers' perceptions about their identities and the contribution of other social actors to them in Chilean primary public schools. In this vein, it is important to acknowledge that most teachers have strong motivations in choosing the occupation. These motivations are often related to their sense of vocation as well as their personal beliefs and values. In this context, teachers’ professional identity meanings are explored in underperforming schools by means of semi-structured interviews of twenty primary teachers. By a careful qualitative analysis, this study found different groups of influences that define these identities, shaping and re-shaping at least three professional identity profiles with consequences for teachers’ autonomy in professional judgements, agency and collegial relationships, and impacting their capacity to provide significant learning experiences. 2017-10-15 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44553/1/Thesis%20M%20Lozano%20Student%20ID4168376.pdf Lozano, Maria F. (2017) Influences on teachers’ professional identity in schools in challenging circumstances: an empirical study of Chilean primary teachers’ perceptions. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Teachers professional identity identity commitment vocation |
| spellingShingle | Teachers professional identity identity commitment vocation Lozano, Maria F. Influences on teachers’ professional identity in schools in challenging circumstances: an empirical study of Chilean primary teachers’ perceptions |
| title | Influences on teachers’ professional identity in schools in challenging circumstances: an empirical study of Chilean primary teachers’ perceptions |
| title_full | Influences on teachers’ professional identity in schools in challenging circumstances: an empirical study of Chilean primary teachers’ perceptions |
| title_fullStr | Influences on teachers’ professional identity in schools in challenging circumstances: an empirical study of Chilean primary teachers’ perceptions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influences on teachers’ professional identity in schools in challenging circumstances: an empirical study of Chilean primary teachers’ perceptions |
| title_short | Influences on teachers’ professional identity in schools in challenging circumstances: an empirical study of Chilean primary teachers’ perceptions |
| title_sort | influences on teachers’ professional identity in schools in challenging circumstances: an empirical study of chilean primary teachers’ perceptions |
| topic | Teachers professional identity identity commitment vocation |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44553/ |