Research on the Process and Promotion Strategies for Educational Technology Professional Identity Construction
The national education digital transformation strategy has brought opportunities for the development of educational technol-ogy discipline.However,in recent years,undergraduate educational technology programs face serious decline.Students'professional identity,as foundation for high-quality talent cultivation and professional development,is an important factor influencing students'professional engagement,professional learning involvement,and future professional achievements.To better understand educational technology undergraduate students'professional identity,this article chose students from a nationally renowned educational technol-ogy undergraduate program,using a combination of typical object analysis and comprehensive survey to investigate their professional identity construction process and promotion strategies.Students'professional identity construction path could be concluded as"con-fusion-clarity-recognition-devotion-deepening",transiting from knowing the profession,immersing in learning to generating a sense of belonging.Generally,students'professional identity construction process is complex and varied,as their overall professional identity is well established but there are individuals who are persistently confused,or who regain their confusion when they are facing employment.Six strategies are proposed,namely orienting towards the development needs of education digitization,positioning profession and clari-fying the cultivation objectives,clarifying the core literacy of the discipline and constructing a scientific curriculum,setting role models and actively promoting digital teaching and learning transformation,enhancing the connection between theory and practice by being ori-ented to learning outcomes,enhancing cooperation to strengthen professional practice,expanding employment channels and enhancing talents compensation,seizing the critical period and multi-dimensional efforts to reverse students'attitudes to the learning track.
educational technologyprofessional identitytalents developmentundergraduate educationeducation digitizationdisci-pline developmentspecialty construction