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- Title
Experienced Early Childhood Teachers as Graduate Students: A Process of Change.
- Authors
Mevorach, Miriam; Miron, Mordechai
- Abstract
This paper explores perceptions of professional identity among experienced early childhood educators (ECEs) who are novice students in a new master's degree program in ECE. We sought to examine the changes experienced by these educators. The study used qualitative content analysis, which included an open-ended questionnaire that was administered twice to the participants: at the beginning of their first year of study and at the end of the second year. The findings indicate a change in the participants' perceptions of their multi-dimensional professional identity. They began to examine the early childhood educational system with a critical point of view based on their academic and pedagogical conceptual vision, and became aware of the contingent political consequences. We believe this study will enable us to advance the ECE system and promote academic research conducted by professionals.
- Subjects
EARLY childhood educators; PROFESSIONAL identity; TEACHER education; BEGINNING teacher attitudes; SELF-efficacy in teachers; TEACHER role; QUALITATIVE research
- Publication
Early Childhood Education Journal, 2011, Vol 39, Issue 1, p7
- ISSN
1082-3301
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10643-010-0442-9