Alexandria Holmes
Graduate Student
Educational Psychology and Research Methodology,
Educational Studies
Email:
holme104@purdue.edu
Profile
PhD candidate in Educational Psychology & Research Methodology at Purdue and Bilsland Dissertation Fellow. I use a complexity-informed dynamic systems approach (DSMRI) to study authentic identity exploration as preservice teachers move from learning to teach to actually teaching.
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My dissertation draws on a complexity paradigm to investigate preservice teachers’ learning, identity, motivation, and emotions as they are experienced. I employ a novel methodological approach, a reflective “meaningful moments” photographic journal, to capture the authentic, nuanced events that contribute to preservice teachers’ developing professional identity. Alongside my dissertation, a second longitudinal study follows the same preservice teachers through their first three years of teaching to examine how contextual factors shape their lived experiences and professional identity formation.