Biography and teacher identity: a typological analysis of life-history data
Titel:
Biography and teacher identity: a typological analysis of life-history data
Auteur:
Hirsch, Gertrude
Verschenen in:
International journal of qualitative studies in education
Paginering:
Jaargang 6 (1993) nr. 1 pagina's 67-83
Jaar:
1993-01
Inhoud:
Based on autobiographical data, the paper describes six ideal types of teacher identities conceived as different patterns of perceiving and coping with professional demands. One hundred and twenty full-time seventh through ninth grade teachers were selected in a stratified random sample. Teachers' experience ranged from 5 to 29 years and 12.5% of the selected teachers were female. Data were collected in the form of semi-structured interviews that started with a short overview of the interviewee's professional biography [Stegreiferzahlung]and continued with self-image and attitudes, social and professional mobility, vocation, start as a classroom teacher, professional competence, best years and burn-out, professional satisfaction, and social network questions. The first step of data analysis included content and frequency analyses of these topics. In a second step, the Stegreiferzahlungwas analyzed by classifying the different biographical phases and defining biographical types. In a third step, identity-types were constructed by using the biographical type as an “independent” variable to analyze the systematically explored topics according to Mex Weber's method of forming ideal types. This led to the six ideal types of teacher identity: the stabilization-type, the development-type, the diversification-type, the problem-type, the crisis-type, and the resignation-type.
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