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This study aims to examine the differences and similarities between Arab Jewish pre-service teachers in Israel, terms of their professional identity, perceptions role a Special Education (SE) teacher self-efficacy teaching. The sample comprised 205 students from college for education 141 64 students. All participants B.A. Education. research instruments were Teacher Professional Identity Scale;...

all students the opportunity for success. The complexities of being an effective teacher today are related to questions such as: what motivates teachers to choose and persevere in this profession? how do they meet the conflicting challenges of “high-stakes testing” and simultaneously be accountable to an increasingly diverse population in their classrooms? Thus, the primary aim of this study is...

Teacher identity is one of the essential aspects influencing form and quality educational processes. The present study examines narratives writers, Devia, an English teacher, Trisa, throughout their learning teaching experiences process that were involved as they negotiated identities teachers. data collected from autobiographical narrative Devia well intensive life-history interviews with Tris...

Using Holland, Lachicotte, Skinner, and Cain s (1998) theory of identity and their concept of figured worlds, this article provides an overview of how twenty-four Mexican Americans came to produce Chicana/o Activist Educator identities. The desire to raise consciousness (teach for social justice pero con ganas) and ‘‘give back to the [their] community’’ became a very important part of this iden...

This research seeks to analyse and propose a solution to support classroom-based teaching in the Department of Chocó, Colombia, which is located in a rural area and has been the subject of many social projects for the development of its people. Due to the disparities in different regions of the country, the education sector is forced to look for new working environments that are suitable for ru...