“If you want others to respect you, you have to respect yourself”: Teachers’ views on respect related to their profession

• Main Authors: Ólafsdóttir, Sigrún Erla, Aðalbjarnardóttir, Sigrún
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2016
• Subjects: words respect for the teacher profession;selfrespect;teachers; sjálfsvirðing kennara;virðing fyrir kennarastarfi;að efla virðingu fyrir kennarastarfi; Kane; Maður; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/netla/article/view/2404

Research on teachers’ professionalism has recently started to focus on their professional identity (e.g., Day et al., 2006; Kelchtermans, 2007; Lasky, 2005). However, few studies have focused on their selfrespect as part of their professional identity. Moreover, while some studies have explored teac...