Recherches en Éducation (Jan 2015)
Nouveau métier : enseignant dans le second degré. Récits de changements professionnels
Abstract
In France, nearly 20% of secondary school teachers have had professional work experience outside the educational system. Who are they? Why did they choose to become teachers? This study focuses on the transition faced by these future teachers as they change profession. Coming from a wide range of different professions (warehouseman, secretary, nurse, engineer, salesman…), they undergo a fairly radical adjustment period. The research protocol was developed to analyze the impact of their previous professional experience on their approach to teaching and to document the steps they take and their feelings as they live a process of acculturation. This work should then help us understand not only how acculturation takes place but also how professional people experience their entry into a new job field. It will also shed light on common elements of experience during the period of adjustment to a new profession.
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