ERIC Number: EJ1444701
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Publication Date: 2024
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Fostering Music Teacher Identity Development through Mentoring Dialogues
Angela M. Munroe
Visions of Research in Music Education, v46 Article 2 p3-19 2024
In a prior investigation I focused on the cooperating teacher's perspective during mentoring dialogues, reflecting on their role as a mentor (Munroe, 2021). Other researchers have focused on what the student teacher learns from the conversation, but not specifically on teacher identity development (Fernandez & Erbilgin, 2009; Tsui et al., 2001). In this study I recorded mentoring dialogues between three pairs of student teachers and cooperating teachers. Using stimulated recall interviews (Ericsson & Simon, 1999), I asked the student teachers to reflect on their perceptions of the cooperating teacher's mentoring role and their teacher identity. I determined cooperating teachers' mentoring roles using the Mentoring Roles in Dialogues (MERID) Model (Hennissen et al., 2008) and analyzed the data using Beijaard and Meijer's (2017) concepts related to teacher identity development: sense-making, agency, and ownership. Findings indicated that cooperating teachers have a great influence on identity development through formal dialogues. Student teachers reflected on feelings of success, identity tensions, and struggles throughout their student teaching experience.
Descriptors: Music Teachers, Professional Identity, Mentors, Teacher Role, Student Teachers, Cooperating Teachers, Student Teacher Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education
Visions of Research in Music Education. University of Connecticut, 249 Glenbrook Road, Unit 3033, Storrs, CT 06269. e-mail: vrmejournaleditors@gmail.com; Web site: https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/vrme/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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