The process of changing identity: Pit Stops and Magic Moments of New Teacher Educators.

The existing research on New Teacher Educators (NTEs) in the UK context indicates that the first year is a time of rapid learning and acquisition of new forms of knowledge and understanding. Research also indicates that there are three priorities for most NTEs in their first year; survival, shifting the lens and laying the foundations for research (Boyd et al., 2007:7). It is within this framework that we set our theoretical study using qualitative data in the form of transcripts from professional reflections written for the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in Higher Education (PGCAPHE), interviews with ITE researchers and self documented critical incidents.