Review of the book Professional teacher identity

Abstract

The aim of this review is to publicize a book that deals with professional teaching identity, a concept certainly of a polysemic and polyhedral nature. A scientific approach to professional identity in the framework of teaching involves great difficulty due to the complexity of defining this identity and the factors that currently influence the development of the teaching profession. We live in turbulent times in which education professionals have responsibilities related to emotional competences, excess bureaucracy, access to a world full of technology and new economic interests that direct educational policies. It is no longer worth knowing in depth the different pedagogies and scientific contents of the different disciplines, the teacher is required to have a multidimensional professionalism full of responsibility, which generates stress, anxiety and high levels of self-demand. This anxiety and stress can lead to professional illnesses suffered by teachers in the course of their working lives.