'Teachers are meant to be orthodox': Narrative and counter narrative in the discursive construction of 'identity' in teaching

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 469-483

  Watson, Cate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Counter narrative; Identity; Institutional identity; Narrative; Professional identity; Transcription

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449592037     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518390902736520     Document Type: Article

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