Professional Agency in the Context of a Teacher Traineeship

• In Event: Alternative Routes to Initial Teacher Preparation in The Netherlands: Dreams, Possibilities and Practices

Abstract

Similar to programs like Teach First and Teach for America, in the Netherlands,
traineeships are established to motivate young excellent academics to work in education.
The ultimate goal of the traineeship is to educate young professionals who can both direct
their own professional development as well as contribute to school development. In other
words, trainees are expected to become agentic teachers. Empirical evidence is lacking
however, on how agency is established in teacher trainees’ working environment.

Authors

• Jacobiene Meirink, ICLON-Leiden University

• Anna van der Want, Leiden University