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ERIC Number: ED630401
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 9
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Professional Identity Development of Mathematics Teaching Assistants
Olarte, T. Royce; Swartz, Micah; Roberts, Sarah A.
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (44th, Nashville, TN, Nov 17-20, 2022)
This study examined how the social interactions that mathematics teaching assistants (TAs) have within their institution influenced their professional identity development as early-career undergraduate instructors. We drew on a sociocultural perspective of professional identity development in higher education to examine TAs' interactions with students, faculty, and other TAs. We qualitatively analyzed five mathematics TAs' responses to semi-structured interviews and found that some dimensions of their identities were more frequently situated within specific relationships, while others were evident in multiple relationships. Overall, the social interactions were sites for professional identity development. Identity is a complex construct, and a better understanding of how professional identity is developed can inform higher education institutions on ways to support positive identity development of future mathematics instructors. [For the complete proceedings, see ED630210.]
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. e-mail: pmena.steeringcommittee@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.pmena.org/
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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