Alternative routes to teacher professional identity: Exploring the conflated sub-identities of Teach For America corps members
Research on the development of professional identity for teachers who enter the profession through alternative routes is still in its infancy. In contrast to their peers who complete traditional initial teacher education programs, these teachers are exposed to different conditions and constraints th...
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Arizona State University
2018-01-01
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| description | Research on the development of professional identity for teachers who enter the profession through alternative routes is still in its infancy. In contrast to their peers who complete traditional initial teacher education programs, these teachers are exposed to different conditions and constraints that produce a range of sub-identities previously unidentified in the literature. This paper draws on interviews with 27 teachers who entered teaching through Teach For America and wrestled with these sub-identities as they considered their emerging professional identity. We argue that these sub-identities point to structural challenges embedded within Teach for America, and we highlight the need for additional research on the growing cadre of teachers entering the teaching profession through alternative routes, and subsequently influencing policymaking processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1f1819212d31411fab16b04d402e1a7e2022-12-21T18:52:14ZengArizona State UniversityEducation Policy Analysis Archives1068-23412018-01-0126010.14507/epaa.26.30151701Alternative routes to teacher professional identity: Exploring the conflated sub-identities of Teach For America corps membersMatthew A. M. Thomas0Nicole Mockler1University of SydneyUniversity of SydneyResearch on the development of professional identity for teachers who enter the profession through alternative routes is still in its infancy. In contrast to their peers who complete traditional initial teacher education programs, these teachers are exposed to different conditions and constraints that produce a range of sub-identities previously unidentified in the literature. This paper draws on interviews with 27 teachers who entered teaching through Teach For America and wrestled with these sub-identities as they considered their emerging professional identity. We argue that these sub-identities point to structural challenges embedded within Teach for America, and we highlight the need for additional research on the growing cadre of teachers entering the teaching profession through alternative routes, and subsequently influencing policymaking processes.https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/3015teacher professional identityalternative routeseducational policyTeach For America |
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| title | Alternative routes to teacher professional identity: Exploring the conflated sub-identities of Teach For America corps members |
| title_full | Alternative routes to teacher professional identity: Exploring the conflated sub-identities of Teach For America corps members |
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| title_short | Alternative routes to teacher professional identity: Exploring the conflated sub-identities of Teach For America corps members |
| title_sort | alternative routes to teacher professional identity exploring the conflated sub identities of teach for america corps members |
| topic | teacher professional identity alternative routes educational policy Teach For America |
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