Professional Identities in Initial Teacher Education: The Narratives and Questions of Teacher Agency

By Denise Mifsud

Book Overview

Chapter 1. Setting the Stage for Student Teacher Identities in Initial Teacher Education

Chapter 2. Initial Teacher Education and Its Representation in Literature: Global Policy Narratives

Chapter 3. The Attractiveness of the Teaching Profession and Possible Links to Career Choice Motivations

Chapter 4. Always Wanted to Become a Teacher Because...Exploring Career Choice Motivations from the Lens of Actor-Network Theory

Chapter 5. Who Am I? Student Teachers and Their Narratives of Identity Perception, Construction and Performance

Chapter 6. The Presentation of Personal and Professional Selves: A Goffmanesque Perspective of Student Teachers' Identity Crises

Chapter 7. Exploring the Role of School Placement from a Foucauldian Perspective: The Theory-Policy-Practice Divide

Chapter 8. Professional Standardization and Teacher Agency? What Space for Leadership Development?

Chapter 9. Concluding Remarks

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030094200
• ISBN13: 9783030094201
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.3"