MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF THE FACTORS INFLUENCING TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY

Professional identity has a significant impact on teachers' interpretation of their different roles and understanding how to perform these roles. This study aimed explore mathematics science teachers’ perceptions the factors influencing teacher professional within three dimensions: teaching efficacy, profession, context. Mathematics teachers (N = 395) who were in grades 5 12 participated study. To address research aims, we administered questionnaire gather information identity. The quantitative data showed that efficacy dimension ranked highest, context second profession third. largely influenced by main factors: years experience, gender, school location. responses questionnaire’s open-ended questions highlighted some issues related quality development programs available teachers. Keywords: identity, math &