Orientador: Ana Maria de Andrade Caldeira / Banca: Maricê Thereza Corrêa Domingues Heubel / Banca: Osmar Cavassam / Resumo: A presente pesquisa, intitulada "Escolha profissional: uma questão de identidade" discute a escolha profissional de alunos do curso de Licenciatura em Ciências Biológicas na UNESP - Campus Bauru. Por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas, levantamos quais foram os anseios desses alunos em relação ao curso que frequentam e qual a identidade que demonstraram para com o mesmo. Para tanto, utilizamos a pesquisa qualitativa, referenciais teóricos sobre identidade e, na análise dos dados coletados, o referencial teórico da semiótica peirceana. Essas análises nos evidenciaram a necessidade de uma avaliação na reestruturação da estrutura curricular do curso em questão, além da criação de espaços de discussão, nos quais esses universitários possam analisar, de maneira crítica, suas concepções acerca do curso, principalmente em relação a atuação docente / Abstract: The present research which is entitled "Professional choice: a question of identity" discuss the Professional choice of Major in Biological Science students at UNESP - at Bauru campus. The desires relating to the course taken by these students, as well as which identity they demonstrate to themselves were raised through semi-structured interviews. For that, qualitative research and identity theoretical research were used and Peirce's theoretical Semiotics reference was also used in the analysis of the collected data. These analyses showed that there is a necessity of an evaluation in the restructure of the curricular content of the course in question. There is also a necessity of creating discussion space, in which university students can analyze in a critical way their conceptions concerning the course, mainly the ones related to teacher's performance / Mestre

Originally conceived as Regional Technical Colleges and located in regions across Ireland, the Institutes of Technology (IoT) have evolved as a major sector of the binary system of higher education in Ireland. The Institutes of Technology are identified as focussed on teaching however recent years have also seen increasing focus on research. Following convergence in the sector, recent policy measures and changes signal a 'future higher education landscape' which opens the possibility of technological university status to Institutes of Technology who merge as part of the process for recognition as technological universities. The traditional orientation to practical, vocationally focussed teaching in Institutes of Technology is now challenged by the potential changes being driven at policy level and it is in the context of this changing higher education system that this study examines IoT lecturers' negotiation of professional identity. The research uses narrative enquiry to access the stories and narratives of lecturers working in a number of the institutes located in the Dublin region. Through an in depth qualitative study of eight lecturers in four IoTs, the study, in line with the research questions, identifies three major themes that underpin the professional identities of the sample - discipline; professional development; and external influences and policy decisions. Associated with these three themes are six constructs - Discipline; Professional Practice; Teaching; Development; Community Orientated Values; and Research - that resonate with this changing and volatile higher education environment and that intersect in different ways for individuals in the study to produce varying 'portraits' of professional identity. An analysis of how these identity portraits emerge is facilitated by a theoretical framework proposed by Paul Gee (2000) that gives appropriate insights into the dialogic process of the negotiation of professional identity. The study, through a synthesis of data generated themes and constructs and a theoretical identity perspective proposed by Gee (2000), contributes to knowledge in the field by creating a proposed framework for facilitating a generative analysis of the location and negotiation of professional identity. Such a framework enables, for example, explanations for both the strong links in the data between academic identity and subject discipline and yet also evidence of the fragmentation of an academic identity and an associated emphasis on practice-based experience. Given the way the framework allows for a multiplicity of factors to be combined in particular ways that reflect both structure and agency in individual lecturer's negotiation of professional identities, an argument is made for its application in the design and implementation of development structures at the level of the individual and the organisation - one that recognises that a Higher Education professional development model based on a "one size fits all" approach will not work. Instead the temporal nature of the impact of policy decisions and external influences is highlighted with a call for more focus on discourses on higher education, the associated importance of lecturer autonomy and the nature of professionalism and professional identity.

L’enquête présentée dans ce mémoire vise à élaborer des connaissances sur le processus de construction d’un métier, en prenant appui sur un cas dont la fonction est hybride et singulière : le professeur documentaliste. Cette étude entre en rupture avec les travaux scientifiques récents qui s’inscrivent majoritairement dans le champ des sciences de l’information et de la communication. Ancrée en sciences de l’éducation, elle emprunte les apports de plusieurs champs disciplinaires pour appréhender les interactions entre les représentations sociales de différents professionnels et le travail dit « réel ». Elle adopte une démarche longitudinale pour étudier l’activité du professeur documentaliste selon une approche ergonomique. Elle fait le constat que cet enseignant atypique développe des stratégies identitaires orientées tantôt par des logiques d’identification, tantôt par des logiques de différenciation, vis-à-vis du modèle disciplinaire. Elle relève par ailleurs qu’en exerçant dans le cadre d’un dispositif de formation multi-prescrit, multi-relationnel et multi-technologique, ce professeur est régulièrement conduit à confronter les prescriptions à la complexité de la situation locale pour déterminer la manière d’atteindre les buts fixés. Aussi, c’est par l’élaboration d’une redéfinition de la tâche prescrite et par son activité effective qu’il concourt à l’élaboration progressive d’un métier original dont il fonde les caractéristiques. Par un processus interactif entre conduite individuelle et collective, il participe à la structuration de son développement professionnel et à la définition de ressources pouvant servir d’appui à la professionnalisation des métiers de l’enseignement en général. C’est pourquoi, cette étude conclut sur une nouvelle hypothèse, celle du caractère révélateur des mutations des métiers de l’enseignement mises en valeur par les tribulations de ce métier mal (re)connu. / The study presented in this thesis aims to develop knowledge about the process of building a profession. It is based on the case of a hybrid and singular function: the “professeur documentaliste”149. This work constitutes a rupture with the recent scientific publications which are mostly falling within the field of information and communication sciences. Rooted in educational sciences, it takes contributions from several disciplines to understand the interactions between the social representations of different professionals and the work said “actual”. It adopts a longitudinal procedure to study the activity of the “professeur documentaliste” with an ergonomic approach. It observes that this atypical teacher is developing identity strategies, influenced sometimes by identification logics, sometimes by differentiation logics towards the disciplinary model. It also notes that, by practising within a teaching system rich in prescriptions, relations and technologies, this teacher regularly has to confront these prescriptions with the complexity of the local situation in order to determine the way to reach the set objectives. Thus, it is through the development of a redefinition of the prescribed task and his/her effective activity that the teacher contributes to the progressive development of an original profession of which he/she builds the features. Through an interactive process between individual and collective conducts, the “professeur documentaliste” participates in structuring his/her professional development and in defining resources which could support the professionalization of the teaching professions in general.This is why this study concludes with a new hypothesis: the one of the revealing characteristic of mutations in teaching professions highlighted by the tribulations of this poorly known and poorly regognised profession.

This doctoral dissertation aimed to explore English language teachers’ construal of membership in English language teachers’ (ELTs’) associations. The study initially examined teachers’ perceptions of membership via an examination of their experience of it – why they become or do not become a member, and/or why they continue or forfeit membership. Thereafter, teachers’ perceptions on what membership says about professionalism were probed as well as what the meanings of membership are to them. Data were obtained using face-to-face semi-structured interviews with eight Japanese English language teachers working at universities in the Kanto and Hokuriku regions of Japan. The findings showed that, experience-wise, teachers become members because they either perceive membership as an occupational norm, a means to gain employment or a way to access CPD. Conversely, teachers do not become members for reasons of being occupied with work, avoiding unwanted responsibility, being able to access the same benefits and/or lacking confidence. Teachers who continue their membership(s) do so because of CPD, feeling unable to leave, and/or because of the financial support provided by their universities. In contrast, teachers who forfeit membership do so because membership fees are too high and/or because they are too busy with work. In terms of what membership says about professionalism, teachers perceived it as not only a marker of professionalism but also, paradoxically, a counter-collegial practice. As for the meanings of membership to participants, it was seen as something giving rise to a fragmented professional self and the feeling of one being either ‘an insider’ and/or ‘outsider’ within an association. These findings, it is argued, point to membership being more for professionalization rather than professionalism purposes, seemingly as a result of the emerging forces of managerialism and neo-liberalism which appear to have created an atmosphere of accountability and competition rather than camaraderie in Japan-based ELTs’ associations. This, in turn, has led the Japanese ELT practitioner, at least at the university level, to become complicit in the creation of a fragmented/hybrid professional self composed of clashing multiple identities where one is rendered ambivalent and uncertain yet somehow able to adapt and cope. This professional self says much about the need for ELTs’ associations in Japan and perhaps elsewhere to engage in a critical discussion of what counts as ‘professionalism’ by raising and attending to the importance of member voice.

The advantages of having a strong professional identity include ethical performances, promoted wellness, and increased awareness of roles and functions among individual counselors (Brott & Myers, 1999; Grimmit & Paisley, 2008; Ponton & Duba, 2009). Scholars in the counseling field have underscored the importance of unified professional identity of counseling, but have yet to create or comprehensively measure the construct. The purpose of this study was to construct a reliable and valid instrument the Professional Identity Scale in Counseling (PISC). The PISC is a 62-item instrument designed to measure professional identity in counseling professionals across all counseling sub-specialties and sub-populations. The PISC's development was based on a comprehensive definition of professional identity derived from the counseling literature. To investigate the factor structure of the PISC, an exploratory factor analysis with the Principle Component Analysis extraction and the varimax rotation method was conducted. The factor analysis produced a meaningful six-factor solution with a total of 54 items. These six factors were Engagement Behaviors, Knowledge of the Profession, Professional Roles and Expertise, Attitude, Philosophy of the Profession, and Professional Values. They approximately accounted for 43.54% of the total variance in a sample of 371 participants. Reliability was supported by internal consistency values as reflected in high Cronbach's coefficient alpha for four factors and acceptable Cronbach's alpha for one factor. Regarding validity, support for convergent validity of the PISC was illustrated as all six subscales significantly correlated with one subscale of the PIVS, Professional Orientation and Values, and five subscales significantly correlated with the other subscale of the PIVS, Professional Development. Social desirability that was measured using the M-C (20) did not appear to impact participants' responses to the instrument items, providing evidence of discriminant validity of the PISC. Additional analysis was conducted to investigate differences among participant groups on the PISC total scores. Results showed significant group differences between master's-level and doctoral-level counseling professionals. Implications for counselors and counselor educators are also discussed related to the findings.

The boundary between the personal and the professional self is a site of professional and personal creativity and tension, a space that reflects some of the key ontological and epistemological issues confronting social work. Exploring the social construction of the self through the stories of fifteen Australian social workers brings these issues into stark relief. The participatory and reflexive research process facilitated the development of knowledge about how a group of culturally diverse social workers construct personal and professional boundaries in practice.The need to explore these processes and relationships was predicated on a concern that while the self is generally recognised as shaping practice, there has been a paucity of attention given to what lived experiences constitute the self. Social work practice is broadly defined as a socially constructed profession, yet the personal and professional boundary is regarded as individually constructed and defined. This discourse neglects the influence of contextual, cultural, relational and structural dimensions of the self, thus denying the possibilities of practice being continually informed by a myriad of experiences.Recognising that the socially constructed self is situated within intersections of knowledge and meaning opens up possibilities for the development of dialogical practices within an ethics of care. The research also has implications for social work practice and education and for the way that we supervise and manage social work staff. Professional dialogue, debate and practice needs to reflect a diversity of experiences and recognise that the dominant discourse about boundaries and the self leaves many workers feeling that their practice reality is not a shared one.

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The purpose of this study was to get a better understanding of how newly graduated social workers within the elderly care and the need assessment sector forms a professional identity through a focus on their experience of the socialization process. The main questions concerned how work place culture socialized the newly graduated social worker in respect of her or his professional identity. The study’s theoretical underpinning lies in Symbolic Interactionism. We have combined focus group interviews with follow-up personal interviews with the aim of deepening to our understanding of the socialization process of social workers and what it means for their professional identities. Three main results were generated. First, that a well planned introduction and the teams’ significance to the formation of professional identity were shown to be important. Second that a needs assessment organization with a controlled and standardized professional role were noted to be too restrictive as they allowed little possibility for the new social worker to shape their own ways of working. This was particularly the case where new social workers were unclear about how to go about their work assignment. These results also showed that relation building and dialogue with clients was underemphasised and taken for granted.

In this thesis, I argue that clinical law teaching requires a theoretical analysis and pedagogical framework to address law students encounters with social suffering in clinical law contexts. A critical pedagogy of suffering, I argue, would take at its starting point an acknowledgement of the importance of the law student-client encounter as a deeply important pedagogical site - a place where certain views about lawyering, law, and justice are played out, and therefore a place that ought to be the subject of close attention by clinical law scholars and teachers. I argue that a critical pedagogy of suffering would focus specifically on the presence of human suffering in many of these encounters. Such a pedagogy would seek to distill the ways in which larger social and systemic forces produce and distribute social suffering, and how the dominant legal gaze and dominant legal practice are too often incapable of assessing or responding to these forces. It would also work to challenge notions that emotions and suffering are apolitical and unrelated to progressive legal practice, and to build a conception that engaged, critical witnessing of social suffering by lawyers and law students might lead to passionate and thoughtful lawyering for social justice in clinical law settings.