Profiling teachers’ sense of professional identity
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This study shows that professional identity should not be viewed as a composed variable with a uniform structure. Based on the literature and previous research, we view teachers’ job satisfaction, self‐efficacy, occupational commitment and change in the level of motivation as indicators of teachers’ professional identity. Using two‐step cluster analysis, three distinct professional identity profiles have empirically been identified, based on data of 1214 teachers working in secondary education in the Netherlands. These profiles differed significantly regarding the indicators of teachers’ professional identity. Teachers belonging to the found profiles did not significantly differ in their amount of experience.
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Teacher identity is influenced by external and material factors including school organisations and working conditions.
“External and material factors have also been identified including school organisations (Day et al., 2005) and working conditions (Canrinus et al., 2011).”
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- Authors
- Canrinus, E. T., Helms‐Lorenz, M., Beijaard, D., Buitink, J., & Hofman, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Groningen (NL)
- Eindhoven University of Technology (NL)
- a University Centre for Learning and Teaching, University of Groningen, Landleven AD Groningen , The Netherlands
- Corresponding author
- Canrinus, Esther T.
- Venue
- Educational Studies
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-01-20
- Volume
- 37
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 593-608
- ISSN
- 0305-5698 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-3400
- OpenAlex
- W2002059670
- Cited by
- 190
- References
- 40
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- FWCI
- 27.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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- Locations
- Educational Studies (publishedVersion)
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- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Professional Development and Motivation
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Keywords
- teacher identity, job satisfaction, self-efficacy, occupational commitment, teacher motivation, secondary school teachers, teacher experiences
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