Developing a Research Identity: Promoting a Research Mindset Among Faculty and Students

Abstract

This article details how the authors, two educators with doctoral degrees, attempt to harmonize their researcher and educator identities and seek to empower their students and fellow teachers as researchers. They describe how their doctoral programs influenced their beliefs about the power of a researcher identity, and they suggest ways educational institutions can support teachers and students in the development of a research mindset.

Key words:

• administration/supervision
• curriculum and instruction
• professional development
• research and statistics
• science education
• teacher education/certification
• teacher research