Walking in a book: Teacher professional identity between psychology and culture

Anna Maria De Bonis, Luca Tateo*

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Abstract

The teacher is a member of a community. She is integrated in a network of relationships that have contributed to the construction of her professional identity. In return, the unique way in which a teacher contributes to the life of her community is orienting the way her students elaborate their personal version of the community’s culture. This is especially evident in some contexts such as small villages, in which the teacher has been living for a long time, first growing up as a child and then working as an educator. The study we describe in this chapter attempts to understand, through a creative methodological approach, the process of construction of teacher professional identity in relationship with the construction of educational self in the cultural-historical context of a small rural community.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Emergence of Self in Educational Contexts : Theoretical and Empirical Explorations
EditorsGiuseppina Marsico, Luca Tateo
Number of pages19
PublisherSpringer
Publication date1 Jan 2018
Pages161-179
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-98601-2
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-98602-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2018
SeriesCultural Psychology of Education
Volume8
ISSN2364-6780

Keywords

  • Educational self
  • School artifacts
  • Teacher professional identity

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