Struggling for a professional identity: Two newly qualified language teachers' identity narratives during the first years at work

Teaching and Teacher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 120-129

  Ruohotie Lyhty, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Narrative identity formation; Newly qualified teachers; Professional identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870845373     PISSN: 0742051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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