Aspirations and identity processes in the meaningful development of future teachers

The training of future teachers aims at fostering skills for both their personal and professional advancement. In this context, individual aspirations and identity processes shape the manner in which students become involved in a teaching career and the type of beliefs they acquire about teaching. In Romania, little research has approached so far aspects pertaining to individual characteristics and developmental processes relevant for the selection of specific approaches to teaching. Our study focuses on students who prepare for a teaching career, and are involved in the initial pedagogical training program (N = 268). © 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and peer-review under responsibility of Masterprof team