Creating Professional Identity: Dilemmas and Metaphors of a First-Year Chemistry Teacher.

Volkmann, Mark J.; Anderson, Maria A.

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Publication Date: 1998

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Creating Professional Identity: Dilemmas and Metaphors of a First-Year Chemistry Teacher.

Volkmann, Mark J.; Anderson, Maria A.

Science Education, v82 n3 p293-310 Jun 1998

Examines the teaching journal of a first-year chemistry teacher to understand how teachers create professional identities. Focuses on three dilemmas related to feeling like a student versus the expectation to act like an adult, wanting to care for students rather than be tough, and feeling incompetent in the subject matter. Contains 47 references. (DDR)

Descriptors: Chemistry, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Learning Strategies, Problem Solving, Reflective Teaching, Science Teachers, Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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