A Teacher's Identity Trajectory within a Context of Change

Autor/inn/en	Oswald, Marietjie; Perold, Mariechen
Titel	A Teacher's Identity Trajectory within a Context of Change
Quelle	In: South African Journal of Education, 35 (2015) 1, Artikel 1046 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0256-0100
Schlagwörter	Professional Identity; Educational Change; Socioeconomic Influences; Political Influences; Disadvantaged Environment; Teacher Background; Teacher Characteristics; Elementary School Teachers; Social History; Cultural Context; Foreign Countries; Ethnography; Qualitative Research; Focus Groups; Interviews; Questionnaires; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bildungsreform; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Sozialgeschichte; Ausland; Ethnografie; Qualitative Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Fragebogen; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	This article examines the effects of political, socio-economic and educational change on a South African teacher's identity trajectory. Our research was conducted at a primary school in a historically disadvantaged community in the Western Cape Province, South Africa. We applied a cultural-historical activity theoretical (CHAT) lens to explore the identity trajectory of one of the teachers. Our findings suggest that a teacher's identity is a social product, drawn from social history, actively internalized and re-authored in response to new circumstances. This was especially evident during the transformation at the macro-political, educational and institutional levels in South Africa since 1994. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Tel: +27-12-420-5798; Fax: +27-12-420-5511; Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
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Update	2020/1/01