‘A Lighthouse on the Beach’ Stories, Metaphors, and Anecdotes in Teachers’ Personal Recounts
Resum
L’interès que últimament suscita la identitat del professorat en general i en particular la identitat del professorat de llengua mostra que, tot i que la recerca sobre la identitat del professorat pot ser polèmica, fer-ne l’anàlisi pot ajudar a aclarir el procés de desenvolupament del professorat. De fet, com a marc d’anàlisi clau s’ha incentivat el paper de la identitat en el desenvolupament del professorat. En aquest estudi, que explora els relats derivats d’entrevistes, examino com una professora principiant desenvolupa més confiança en el(s) seu(s) paper(s) com a professora mitjançant l’explicació d’històries basades en la identitat imaginada com a professora però també en l’experiència dins de l’aula. Alhora que la professora comparteix aquestes històries, reflexiona per intuïció sobre la seva identitat professional mitjançant l’ús de metàfores i anècdotes.
Aquestes facetes poc investigades del qüestionament narratiu es presenten a l’article com a representants discursius simbòlics que el professor fa servir per crear-se un espai d’autodefinició dins de la comunitat de pràctica del professorat.
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