A Model of the Factors Influencing Teaching Identity among Life Sciences Doctoral Students

Autor/inn/en	Lane, Amanda Kelly; Hardison, Carlton; Simon, Ariana; Andrews, Tessa C.
Titel	A Model of the Factors Influencing Teaching Identity among Life Sciences Doctoral Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 56 (2019) 2, S.141-162 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lane, Amanda Kelly) ORCID (Andrews, Tessa C.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4308
DOI	10.1002/tea.21473
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; Doctoral Programs; Evidence Based Practice; Teaching Methods; Professional Identity; College Faculty; Science Teachers; Science Education; Career Choice; Student Attitudes; Socialization; Teaching Experience; Mentors; Research; Models; Correlation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Doktorandenprogramm; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fakultät; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Schülerverhalten; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Forschung; Analogiemodell; Korrelation
Abstract	One barrier to the adoption of evidenced-based teaching practices may be that faculty do not see teaching as an important part of their identities as professionals. Graduate school is a key time for professional identity development, and currently we know little about how doctoral students develop identities as college teachers. In this qualitative study, we aim to characterize the factors that promote and hinder teaching identity among 33 life sciences doctoral students with diverse career interests at one research university. We collected data using semi-structured interviews and analyzed it using qualitative analysis closely aligned with grounded theory. Our analysis involved iteratively and collaboratively analyzing interview transcripts while considering existing literature about socialization and professional identity and remaining open to novel ideas in the data. From this analysis, we developed a mechanistic model of the factors that influenced teaching identity in our participants. Independent teaching experiences, teaching professional development, and teaching mentors contributed to salient and stable teaching identities among doctoral students. Being recognized by faculty as a teacher was also important, but rare. The professional culture that doctoral students perceived acted like a blizzard that they had to navigate through to develop a teaching identity. This culture strongly valued research over teaching, resulting in a sometimes cold and isolating environment for students interested in teaching. The culture also made it harder to see existing opportunities for teaching development and made it more challenging to move toward these opportunities, much like the deep snow and driving winds of a blizzard. The mechanistic model described in this work is an important first step in understanding how doctoral training influences teaching identity. This model serves as a hypothesis that should be tested and refined through additional empirical work across contexts. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01