TEACHER IDENTITY
Live your values!
Knowing who you are as a teacher is not easy- but worth exploring. Most of us find our teaching identities without really knowing where we are or how we got there.
Clarifying and discussing pedagogical values and ideals, however, is important for students in teacher training programmes. It allows them to develop their vision of “good” teaching, and thus their daily interactions with students.
In this module we hope to assist you with discovering your teacher identity in a conscious and deliberate way in order to enable you to put together a teaching persona that allows you to thrive, students to learn, and the content to be communicated effectively.
In this module, you will …
In this module, you will …
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- learn how to identify which pedagogical values are a priority for you as a teacher and what they are based on,
- explore how you can put these values into practice as a teacher, and
- practise how you can introduce yourself as a teacher in a congruent way.
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- learn how to identify which pedagogical values are a priority for you as a teacher and what they are based on,
- explore how you can put these values into practice as a teacher, and
- practise how you can introduce yourself as a teacher in a congruent way.
How to work on this Learning Module?
How to work on this Learning Module?
Whether you are working on this module individually or in a group, you will encounter several reflection and transfer questions.
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For individual learners, we recommend you
- find a designated space where you collect your key ideas and findings: a notebook, a digital tool (i.e. Padlet, Miro, OneNote, …), etc. (in addition to your Action Plan (read below)).
- check if a colleague of yours completed the same modules as you and find an opportunity to meet up and share your results (or Action Plans (read below)).
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For groups, we recommend you
- set up an Idea Hub – e.g. a white board, a poster, a table, a digital pinboard (i.e. Padlet, Miro), where you collect key ideas and findings. Decide for yourselves whether, after completing the module, the Idea Hub is meant for your group’s eyes only or if you would like to share or even present your work and experience (e.g. in the teacher’s lounge, during a conference, etc.).
- set up a Group Action Plan in addition to each learner’s individual Action Plan,which can be added to the aforementioned Idea Hub.
This icon marks an Action Plan activity to connect ideas with your own context in your personal Teacher Well-being Action Plan. You can download the Action Plan for each module at the very beginning of the respective module. Find out more about the idea behind the Action Plans here!
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This learning material has been developed by members of the Erasmus+ Teacher Academy „Teacher Education for a Future in Flux (teff)“, a dynamic consortium of ten leading European universities, partner universities and state and other educational institutions committed to improving teacher education. More information can be found here: teff-academy.eu
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.
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