Twenty-fifth International Conference on Learning

Abstract

The article deals with the value of education of the beginning academic workers from the perspective of their professional self-concept. Our research sample consists of respondents from the selected Czech universities. We look at how students of various doctoral programs and graduates within the three years of their graduation perceive themselves as teachers and researchers, and which values are reflected in this concept. The main aim is to analyze how the respondent evaluates himself as a teacher and a researcher. The partial aim is to find out how the current professional self-concept reflects the ideal vision of the respondent about his / her profession and how the respondent perceives his / her professional self in relation to the other co-workers in the academic context. The contribution is grounded in the theoretical part, where we define the key concepts needed for this research. The research part deals with the characteristics of the respondents and the factors that influence the formation of the professional self-concept. We chose a semi-structured interview and a questionnaire for the research tool. Respondents’ responses are subjected to open, axial and selective coding.