ERIC Number: EJ1121600
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Dec
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Characteristics of Place Identity as Part of Professional Identity Development among Pre-Service Teachers
Gross, Michal; Hochberg, Nurit
Cultural Studies of Science Education, v11 n4 p1243-1268 Dec 2016
How do pre-service teachers perceive place identity, and is there a connection between their formative place identity and the development of their professional teaching identity? These questions are probed among pre-service teachers who participated in a course titled "Integrating Nature into Preschool." The design of the course was based on a multidimensional teaching model that yields a matrix of students' perceptions and the practical aspects derived from them as the students undergo a range of experiences in the course of an academic year. The profile of perceptions uses a mixed-methods analysis that presents statements attesting to four indicators of place identity: familiarity, belonging, involvement, and meaningfulness. These indicators point to a broad spectrum of perceptions arrayed on a continual time axes as well as differences in perception and its complexity. A connection between the development of place identity and that of professional teaching identity is found.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Professional Identity, Identification (Psychology), Preschool Education, Student Attitudes, Mixed Methods Research, Familiarity, Participation, Student School Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Preschool Education; Early Childhood Education
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Language: English
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