Peer group as a meeting place: Reconstructions of teachers’ self-understanding and the presence of vulnerability

Prior research on peergroups and their potential for student teachers and teachers is still very limited.This article focuses on how a teacher’s self-understanding is reconstructed in a peer group and how vulnerability is present in this process.The data focusing on one teacher’s story is from a long-term peer group of 11 Finnish teachers. The research demonstrates how teachers’ self-understanding develops and is reconstructed throughout interactions with others.In addition,the research shows the intertwinement of teacher vulnerability with the reconstruction of self-understanding. Groups in which pre-service and in-service teachers can share personal and professional experiences create a powerful site and opportunity that can be used in teacher education.

Publication year:2016

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