Beyond the cages: Motivations, expectations, perceptions and hopes of teachers-in-training

Journal title EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY
Author/s Angela Arsena, Giada Prisco, Grazia Romanazzi
Publishing Year 2025 Issue 2025/1
Language Italian Pages 20 P. 402-421 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/ess1-2025oa20008
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This article examines the perspectives of the so-called “caged teachers” engaged in the 30-CFU qualification program introduced by the DPCM of August 4, 2023. Employing the methodological framework of Reflexive Thematic Analysis, the study investigates the dynamics shaping the motivations, expectations, perceptions, and aspirations of the teachers-in-training. The emerging reflections delineate a narrative horizon marked by an ambivalent professional identity — positioned between structural constraints and individual subjectivity, between instrumental function and personal agency —  thus posing significant challenges to current educational policies.

Keywords: ; teachers-in-training; DPCM August 4, 2023; educational needs; teacher training; teaching qualification; professional identity

Angela Arsena, Giada Prisco, Grazia Romanazzi, Oltre le gabbie: motivazioni, aspettative, percezioni e speranze del corpo docente in formazione in "EDUCATION SCIENCES AND SOCIETY" 1/2025, pp 402-421, DOI: 10.3280/ess1-2025oa20008