Over the last 30 years, a substantial number of publications have attempted to conceptualise the ways in which teachers carry out inquiries in order to affect changes in educational practice. A number of different psychological models have been applied to the study of teachers' activities as inquirers, including models focusing on teachers'…

This paper provides empirical evidence about the close relationship between two education systems' orientations and priorities and teacher identities. Based on the Dialogical-Self Theory (DST), it identifies different schoolteacher identities and shows that these teacher identities are non-uniformly distributed across two education systems. Forty…

Dialogical self theory is applied to describe the identity of a group of experienced Catalan teachers. Participants (N = 58) were asked about their positions and I-positions via a written survey, and the data were analysed using qualitative and quantitative procedures. The findings show a comprehensive description of nine types of positions…

This study delves deeply into the conceptualization of science teacher identity in secondary schools, as this identity is considered a key variable in determining the teaching of this discipline. The aim of this article is twofold: to understand the relationship among several components that conform to this identity and the use of technology for…

This study approaches teachers' identity development from a dialogical viewpoint, focusing on teachers' voices in a training course context about critical incidents (CIs) in teaching. The training course entailed the analysis and reflection of 15 CIs in online teaching from 12 online university teachers. The study's empirical element was 328…

This study describes the practicum-mentors' identity in a teacher education context based on Dialogical Self Theory (DST) and the related 'position' and 'I-position' concepts. Participants were 48 Spanish and Canadian primary and secondary teachers who participated via an online written survey. The data were analysed using qualitative and…

This study aims to understand how faculty identity development is related to a differential use of writing genres in the teaching and research spheres of activity and whether this development follows different paths, on the bases of faculty perceptions regarding what they consider their main goal at university and their preferred sphere of…