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Teacher educators' collective professional agency and identity : Transforming marginality to strength

Katja VähäsantanenSalme MahlakaartoPäivi Hökkä

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business.industrycollective identity4. EducationField (Bourdieu)05 social sciences050301 educationIdentity (social science)CoachingTeacher educationEducationCollective identityHandicraft0502 economics and businessPedagogyAgency (sociology)arts and crafts educationComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATIONNarrativeta516Sociologybusiness0503 education050203 business & managementcollective agencyteacher education

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Abstract This study investigated teacher educators' collective professional agency and identity within an identity coaching programme. The participants in the programme were teacher educators from the field of arts and crafts education. Through a shared process involving increased trust and togetherness, the teacher educators became empowered in terms of their collective identity and agency. The study points to the importance of addressing individual narratives and learning pathways in seeking to understand emergent collective agency and identity in professional contexts. Our theoretical contribution includes an advanced understanding of collective identity and agency, and of their close relationship.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2017-04-01Teaching and Teacher Education
10.1016/j.tate.2016.12.001https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.12.001