Changing career and changing identity: How do teacher career changers exercise agency in identity construction?

Social Psychology of Education

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-183

  Wilson, Elaine ^a   Deaney, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career changers; Identity; Identity theory; Self verification; Teacher identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953322857     PISSN: 13812890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11218-010-9119-x     Document Type: Article

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