University of Jyväskylä | JYX Digital Repository

  • English  | Give feedback |
    • suomi
    • English
 
  • Login
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
View Item 
  • JYX
  • Artikkelit
  • Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta
  • View Item
JYX > Artikkelit > Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta > View Item

Teachers' Professional Identity Negotiations in Two Different Work Organisations

Thumbnail
View/Open
86.63Kb

Downloads:  
Show download detailsHide download details  
Vähäsantanen, K., Hökkä, P., Eteläpelto, A., Rasku-Puttonen, H., & Littleton, K. (2008). Teachers' Professional Identity Negotiations in Two Different Work Organisations. Vocations and Learning: Studies in Vocational and Professional Education, 1 (2), 131-148.
Published in
Vocations and Learning
Authors
Vähäsantanen, Katja |
Hökkä, Päivi |
Eteläpelto, Anneli |
Rasku-Puttonen, Helena |
Littleton, Karen
Date
2008
Copyright
© 2008 Springer Science + Business Media B.V. This is an electronic final draft version of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in the journal Vocations and Learning by Springer.

 
Recent studies have described professional identity as the interplay between individual agency and social context. However, we need to understand how these are intertwined in different kinds of work settings. This paper focuses on teachers’ professional identity negotiations as involving the work organisation, the professional community and individual agency. The data were gathered from two work organisations representing different management cultures and sources of control over teachers’ work. Open-ended narrative interviews were used, focusing on teachers’ own experiences and perceptions. A data-driven qualitative analysis was applied. Our findings indicated that different work organisations provided differing resources for teachers’ professional identity negotiations. Teachers were more committed to their work organisation if they had enough agency, if they had opportunities to practise their own orientations towards the profession, and if major changes were not imposed on their working practices from outside. ...
Publisher
Springer
ISSN Search the Publication Forum
1874-785X
Keywords
teachers professional identity agency commitment ammatti-identiteetti agenttius sitoutuminen opettajat
DOI
DOI:10.1007/s12186-008-9008-z
URI

http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201203121402

Metadata
Show full item record
Collections
  • Kasvatustieteiden ja psykologian tiedekunta [1455]
  • Browse materials
  • Browse materials
  • Articles
  • Conferences and seminars
  • Electronic books
  • Historical maps
  • Journals
  • Tunes and musical notes
  • Photographs
  • Presentations and posters
  • Publication series
  • Research reports
  • Research data
  • Study materials
  • Theses

Browse

All of JYXCollection listBy Issue DateAuthorsSubjectsPublished inDepartmentDiscipline

My Account

Login

Statistics

View Usage Statistics
  • How to publish in JYX?
  • Self-archiving
  • Publish Your Thesis Online
  • Publishing Your Dissertation
  • Publication services

Open Science at the JYU
 
Data Protection Description

Accessibility Statement
Open Science Centre