ERIC Number: EJ1169200
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0887-8730
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Funds of Identity in Education: Acknowledging the Life Experiences of First Year Tertiary Students
Charteris, Jennifer; Thomas, Eryn; Masters, Yvonne
Teacher Educator, v53 n1 p6-20 2018
Teacher education students bring diverse funds of knowledge to formal education. These funds of knowledge are particularly important for the successful transition of first year tertiary students into higher education. In preservice teacher education contexts, students draw knowledge from varied life contexts and their funds of knowledge become funds of identity when experiences associated with onto-epistemologies are used in the service of identity formation. This descriptive case study draws data from an online first year preservice teacher education unit (subject) to consider examples of funds of identity that can inform the work of practitioners in developing significant and contextualized learning experiences. Students' prior schooling experiences give meaning to their teacher education coursework and project potential teacher identities.
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Student Experience, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Learning Experience, College Freshmen, Identification (Psychology), Prior Learning, Professional Identity, Case Studies, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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