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Senior university-based teacher educators sustain their professional identity under structural constraints by developing hybrid identities and enacting agency through institutional mediation, 'obligatory professionalism', and 'endurance-based agency' rather than overt resistance. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Examine how senior university-based teacher educators sustain their professional identity and enact agency while navigating competing structural demands from regulations, accreditation, and research evaluations.

August 29, 2026European Journal of Teacher EducationOpen Access

Sustaining professional identity under structural constraint: a morphogenetic analysis of university-based teacher educators in Taiwan

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Examine how senior university-based teacher educators sustain their professional identity and enact agency while navigating competing structural demands from regulations, accreditation, and research evaluations.
Conducted structured written interviews with N=23 purposively selected senior university-based teacher educators across various university types in Taiwan.
Applied Archer’s morphogenetic theoretical framework alongside reflexive thematic analysis to examine identity and agency.
Participants formed hybrid professional identities balancing research, teaching, administrative duties, and practicum coordination.
Professional agency manifested primarily through institutional mediation and sustained dedication rather than overt systemic resistance.
Two predominant mechanisms emerged: 'obligatory professionalism,' which maintains program stability via administrative engagement, and 'endurance-based agency,' which gradually reshapes institutional culture over time.

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Qualitative study reveals hybrid identities and endurance-based agency in university-based teacher educators, highlighting how institutional mediation sustains professional roles under constraints.

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Jui Hsuan Hung (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a92be7b8e5d7d1fc0c12362 https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2026.2725005

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Qualitative study reveals hybrid identities and endurance-based agency in university-based teacher educators, highlighting how institutional mediation sustains professional roles under constraints.

Sustaining professional identity under structural constraint: a morphogenetic analysis of university-based teacher educators in Taiwan

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Sustaining professional identity under structural constraint: a morphogenetic analysis of university-based teacher educators in Taiwan

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