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LDS Seminaries and Institutes of Religion; Phenomenology; Reflective practice; Sociocultural learning; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Transformational change
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A Phenomenological Study Of Professional Identity Change In Released-Time Seminary Teachers, Mark Daniel Mason
A Phenomenological Study Of Professional Identity Change In Released-Time Seminary Teachers, Mark Daniel Mason
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Many practitioners commonly deal with implementing a change that is imposed by an organization. Some imposed changes require practitioners to alter more than what they do in practice but also to change their identity. Many researchers have studied identity change through the lens of sociocultural theory, specifically utilizing communities of practice theory (CoP). However, the majority of these studies used CoP theory as a vehicle to implement the imposed change. Yet some studies have found that after the trial period ends many practitioners revert back to the way they performed in practice prior to the study. One reason for this …