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Publication Date: 2023-Mar
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From Classroom Teacher to Teacher Educator: Critical Insights and Experiences of Beginning Teacher Educators from Jamaica, England and United Arab Emirates
Roofe, Carmel; Maude, Kulwinder; Sunder, Sudha G.
Power and Education, v15 n1 p23-36 Mar 2023
This exploratory study sought to investigate how beginning teacher educators (BTEs hereafter) constantly examine and reframe their identities when transitioning from being a classroom teacher to being a teacher educator of pre-service teachers. Through interviews of nine participants selected from Jamaica, England and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the paper presents a cross-cultural discourse. Beginning teacher educator identities were examined using Goffman's Impression Management Framework (1968). Findings presented highlight the experiences and expectations that underpinned the beginning teacher educators' period of transition from K-12 teaching to teaching pre-service teachers. Although educational research acknowledges that social perception processes are relevant in understanding and evaluating situations, impression management has not been used as a lens to understand beginning teacher educator experiences so far. This study attempts to open new perspectives in understanding how BTE identities are shaped and redefined in the higher education context and discusses implications for teacher education.
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Educators, Professional Identity, Self Concept, Social Desirability, Teaching Experience, Teacher Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers, Theory Practice Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jamaica; United Kingdom (England); United Arab Emirates
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