Emotional responses to challenges to emerging teacher identities in teacher education: student teachers’ perspectives on suitability

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Table 1. Participants.

Grades	Number	Age	Male	Female
K-3	1	22-39	1	0
4-6	4	23-37	2	2
7-9	13	21-30	3	10
Total	18		6	12

Table 2. Examples of codes.

Examples of initial codes	Focused code
Difference in opinion, appalled by peers’ statements arguments around racism with peers, peers’ unfit political ideology, being challenged by peers, value-driven suitability, creation of norms and values	Having “right values”
Lacking social skills, peers not able to talk in front of classes, peers not listening to pupils, misunderstanding pupils, not an outgoing personality, not talking to peers	Having social skills
Not doing enough, peers not preparing for class, Peers not knowing enough, having low knowledge of subject Passing through without effort, suspicion of peers’ subject knowledge	Commitment towards in- depth learning

Figure 1. Establishing suitability norms among student teachers when emotionally challenged by peers.