Abstract

This study is an autobiographical narrative that deals with the difficulties and limitations of the relationship between teachers and parents, focusing on the process of changing the teacher identity of 'I', a researcher and research participant. Through this study, based on the roles of teachers and parents, various events surrounded by the relationship between teachers and parents and experiences such as emotions, thoughts, and perspectives felt in it were reflected. As a result, two categories were derived: 'I as me: I am a teacher' and 'I as you: I am a teacher and mother'.
 First, in 'I as me: I am a teacher', the researcher immersed herself in the role of a teacher with expertise and formed a teacher identity, and struggled with the actions and words of parents. 'Early childhood education expert? Just a young teacher' and 'a teacher who is uncomfortable both theoretically and emotionally' clearly show the hard and difficulties. Second, in 'I as you: I am a teacher and mother', the researcher became a parent and began to reflect on herself by forming a relationship with the teacher of her child. The contents of the reflection that appeared as 'a teacher who sincerely sympathizes' and 'a teacher who grows while watching a teacher of a child' show the process of the teacher's identity changing through a role change and reflecting on the relationship between the teacher and parents. Through this, we tried to find implications for this by examining the difficulties and limitations of the relationship between teachers and parents.

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