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(2015)Objectives. The meaning of this Master's thesis is to analyze the development, transformation and meanings of teachers' professional identity in narratives produced by teachers covering memorable students. The study pursues to explain how teachers' professional identity is built in narratives, explain the meanings connected to teachers' professional identity, and specify factors between teacher and student encounters. Teachers' different roles are constructed to structure the variety of features in the profession of a teacher. The frame of reference for the study is an encounter -point of view, in which the concepts of identity and otherness are intertwined. Methods. The study is qualitative by its nature and based on the constructivist philosophy of science. The material consists of five narratives produced by teachers covering memorable students. The narratives were collected in spring of 2014 and consist of a total of 15 pieces. The data was processed by analyzing the content through narrative analysis after which it was possible to perceive a narrative model of the culture of teachers. Through themes and classification I reconstructed this model producing four fictional narratives, in which the original themes occurred. I interpreted each narrative on the basis of the theoretical framework, and analyzed the identities, roles as well as the possibility for encounters constructed in the narratives. Next, I examined the common features of the narratives produced by teachers, after which I considered concrete answers to the research questions. Results and discussion. Through the model stories conveyed an image of the shared values and beliefs of teachers. Teachers' values appear to be founded on traditional basis and characterized by the teacher's personal identity. Teachers' professional identity can be interpreted consisting of the roles of an enhancer, educator, teacher and supporter. The narratives conveyed a contradictory world in which teachers are balancing between these roles, and strive to build their own professional identity in the context of the model story. The narratives, which show characteristics of encounters, shared similar descriptions of the teacher's desire to help and understand the challenging situation of a pupil. In encounters the identities of the teacher and student confront, and both are heard and understood.
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(2019)In my work, I study the child's transition from home to early childhood education. The transition from home care to early childhood education has previously been studied in Finland only little and with different qualitative material. Transitions are turning points in life and are very significant to the individual. Knowledge of the transition to early childhood education is important for professionals in early childhood education so that they can reflect and improve their work practices and thus facilitate the transition of children, especially when the child first comes to early childhood education. My research practice was narrative and it was carried out by analyzing ten blog posts written by parents on the topic of “starting child's early childhood education”, or in more native language “start day care”. Parents' stories were synthesized together and became a model story of the transition to early childhood education. In the model story, the parent was a clear protagonist, a child and an early childhood education staff were sidecharacters. The story began with a description of the parents' feelings and expectations, after which the story moved to describe the place of early childhood education and the reactions of the child to the palce. The story continues with the description of the separation between the child and the parent and coping with the new life situation. At the end, the parent is pleased with the solution to start a child's early childhood education.
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