ERIC Number: EJ1149639
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 14
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ISSN: ISSN-1357-3322
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Spaces and Physical Education Pre-Service Teachers' Narrative Identities
Wrench, Alison
Sport, Education and Society, v22 n7 p825-838 2017
Stories or narratives are integral to meaning making in relation to selves, others and the choices we make in living. It follows that pre-service teachers' narratives can provide a means for understanding experiences and processes of becoming teachers of physical education (PE). This paper reports on an interview-based inquiry from which biographical information was collated and constructed as narratives. The specific focus of this paper is demonstrating how Ricoeur's [1991a. Narrative identity. In D. Woods (Ed.), "On Paul Ricoeur: Narrative and interpretation" (pp. 188-199). London: Routledge; 1992. "Oneself as another." Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press] theorisation of narrative identity can generate understandings about incipient PE teacher identities as developed in various spaces and temporalities. Data are presented through a cluster of significant spaces: "sport, families, schooling, PE and Teacher Education plus narratives." Findings indicate that in constructing narrative identities, participants activated links between spaces, their past, present and aspirational futures as teachers. Given this, I conclude by identifying possibilities for PE teacher educators in using personal narratives as resources for exploring significant lifeworld spaces and subjective possibilities.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Personal Narratives, Professional Identity, Interviews, Longitudinal Studies, Middle School Teachers, Data Analysis, Geographic Location, Family Influence, Power Structure, Educational Experience, Teacher Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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