The Definition and Maintenance of Self in Primary Teaching
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11166755 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Nias (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 267-280 |
| Publication date | 1984-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology of Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0142-5692 • E-ISSN: 1465-3346 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0142569840050304 |
| OpenAlex | W2147724557 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 19 |
A study by interview and observation of 99 graduate teachers in English infant and junior schools suggested that many of them had entered teaching with a strong sense of personal identity and a firm commitment to personal values. Few had, however, identified as ‘teachers'; the majority saw themselves as ‘persons‐in‐teaching’ and adopted strategies to defend their sense of self. Reference groups, in particular, are discussed, in terms of critical theory, as the cause and effect of individualistic values within the profession
Aesthetics · Epistemology · Identity (music · Individualism · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Personal identity · Psychology of self · Self-concept · Sociology · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies · Teacher Professional Development and Motivation
L’engagement professionnel d’enseignantes duprimaire
Understanding Teacher Identity as an International Teacher
Understanding Chinese Zhuoyue (expert) teachers’ professional self-understandings
Ethnography and the Cumulative Development of Theory
Arguing for Your Self
Educational change and the self
Pedagogy, the Body and Christian Identity
Gaps too large
Getting Personal and Practical with Personal Practical Knowledge
Teacher Strategies
Ethnography at the Crossroads
Person Formulation in the Process of Schooling
Mundane Autobiography
Bringing Out the Best in People’
Theoretical perspectives on deviance
readings in social psychology
Communication and the Evolution of Society
Teacher Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction
Validation of the Mehrabian Need for Achievement Scale With College of Education Students
Attitudes Towards Acceptance of Self and Others and Adjustment to Teaching
Erkenntnis und Interesse
The Functional Approach to the Study of Attitudes
Teaching in the Affluent Society
A Sociological Analysis of Students' Reasons for Becoming Teachers
School Teacher
| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,36 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2025 (39) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |