posted on 2023-05-18, 22:32authored byPearce, J, Morrison, C
A collaborative research project that explored the impact of professional, individual and relational conditions on the resilience of early career teachers revealed the importance of understanding how they engage in the formation of professional identities. Drawing on the traditions of narrative enquiry and critical ethnography, this article focuses on the story of Norah, one of sixty beginning teachers interviewed for this study, as she experienced becoming a teacher. Norah’s story provides an insight into how early career teachers engage in shaping a professional identity, and leads us to suggest that resilience may be enhanced when early career teachers engage consciously and in relationship with others in this process.
History
Publication title
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
Volume
36
Article number
4
Number
4
Pagination
48-59
ISSN
1835-517X
Department/School
Faculty of Education
Publisher
Edith Cowan University
Place of publication
Australia
Rights statement
Copyright 2011 The Authors
Repository Status
Open
Socio-economic Objectives
Other education and training not elsewhere classified