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Is Professional Development Individualistic?
Tajfel's Social Identity Theory and Teacher Professional Development
Ardian W Setiawan, M.Ed
Abstract
Whilst the significance of teacher professional development is palpable, the concept is still paradoxical in the sense that it possesses two dimensions, individual and social. This article focuses on teachers as professionals. It seeks to discuss some literature related to the issue of professional identity and argue that teachers' professional development is more social in nature than individual. Employing Tajfel's Social Identity Theory as a theoretical framework, it also suggests how teachers should construct their professional identity.
The issue of teacher professional development is always critical because it has fundamental implications for the way teachers transform knowledge in the classroom. Varghese, Morgan, Johnston, and Johnson (2005) suggest that classrooms are very complex places. They maintain that in order to......
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