Abstract

NAVARRETE CAZALES, Zaira. Construcción de una identidad profesional: los pedagogos de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México y de la Universidad Veracruzana. RMIE [online]. 2008, vol.13, n.36, pp.143-171. ISSN 1405-6666.

This article presents part of the results of qualitative research on the processes of identity formation of individuals who earned degrees in pedagogy at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) and Universidad Veracruzana (UV) in 1950, 1970, and 1990. The results consider the pedagogues' course of study and emphasize the traits that have defined their identity. The central question was: Which traits have formed the identity of pedagogues at UNAM and UV? As a function of this question, the pedagogues' identity was studied. Interviews were held with twelve pedagogues in total (six from each institution, and two from each graduating class) and an analysis was made of their comments and institutional documents. Pedagogues' identity has been constituted as historical, relational and hybrid: a professional who fills various functions, all linked to general education (formal, non-formal and informal), and who confronts these functions differently from other professionals in education.

Keywords : pedagogues; professional identity; analysis of discourse; Mexico.