Identity, professional development and the good, average and weaker teacher

Julie Prescott; Graham Passmore

doi:10.15170/SocRev.2022.15.02.02

Authors

Julie Prescott University of Law, Department of Psychology (United Kingdom)
Graham Passmore Lakehead University, Undergraduate Studies in Education / Graduate Studies and Research in Education (Canada)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15170/SocRev.2022.15.02.02

Keywords:

teacher identity, Identity Structure Analysis, raw scores, teacher turnover

Abstract

This work provides examples of Weinreich's Identity Structure Analysis (ISA), Nomothetic Analyses of 3 groups of teachers. The groups were formed in response to ratings of the teachers as good, average or weaker by their Principals. The analyses indicate that ISA nomothetics may hold potential for differentiating among good, average and weaker teachers. Summaries of the analyses close the work. They present possible paths for the provision of group-specific Professional Development which speaks to the potential for improvements in teacher identity.

The article was received: 17. 09. 2022., revised: 06. 10. 2022., accepted: 07. 10. 2022.