Who I Am in How I Teach Is the Message

Overview

A professional self-understanding route into teacher identity.

Core Question

How is teaching connected to a teacher's professional self-understanding?

Central Argument

Teachers' interpretation of self and work is central to understanding how they teach.

Theoretical Contribution

Provides a bounded source for teacher self-understanding within the wider identity field.

Theory Relationships

• Teacher Identity Theory — major development

Reading Focus

• Separate professional self-understanding from a fixed personality trait.
• Use it as one identity lens, not as the whole field.

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