Teacher career phase; Teacher career stage; Teacher professional development; Teacher work life; Education
Abstract :
[en] We argue that overlooking teacher professional development's (TPD) temporal and spatial situatedness neglects similarities and differences throughout teachers' career stages and organizational contexts. Using latent profile analyses for early-career (n = 383), mid-career (n = 355), and late-career (n = 296) teacher groups, we found four TPD profiles in each career phase. Results showed more heterogeneity of profiles within than between career phases; most early-career teachers shared common TPD patterns with other career phases. Throughout the phases, teachers need TPD addressing their work at both the classroom and organizational levels. Our research invites researchers to rethink reductionist narratives regarding TPD.
Research center :
LENTIC - Laboratoire d'Études sur les Nouvelles Formes de Travail, l'Innovation et le Changement - ULiège HEC Recherche. Changing workplace and strategic HRM - ULiège [BE]
Disciplines :
Human resources management
Author, co-author :
Coppe, Thibault ; University of Groningen, Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences, GION education/research, Netherlands
Parmentier, Michaël ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège Research > HEC Liège Research: Changing workplace and strategic HRM ; UCLouvain, Psychological Sciences Research Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium ; Université de Lausanne, Research Center in Vocational Psychology and Career Counseling, Institute of Psychology, Lausanne, Switzerland ; University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Division of Research and Innovation, Delémont, Switzerland
Kelchtermans, Geert ; KU Leuven, Centre for Innovation and the Development of Teacher and School, Leuven, Belgium
Raemdonck, Isabel ; UCLouvain, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
März, Virginie ; UCLouvain, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Colognesi, Stéphane ; UCLouvain, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Language :
English
Title :
Beyond traditional narratives about teacher professional development: A critical perspective on teachers' working life
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