In this paper, the traditional meaning of identity, assigned by Erik Erikson as the adolescence-stage developmental task, is investigated. The significance of identity formation in lifelong development is also examined. There is significant clinical and theoretical evidence that adoption has a significant effect on this developmental task; this evidence and the conclusions previously drawn from...

The study of identities is an enormous and complex undertaking (Peterson, 1989; Phinney, 1990). Studies on identity formation and development found that the shaping of identities begins in early childhood (Harris, Blue & Griffith, 1995; Peterson, 1989). Identities develop and change over time, are multi-faceted and shape one's perception and judgement of the self and others (Babad, Birnbaun & B...

PURPOSE Professional identity formation is an on-going, integrative process underlying trainees' experiences of medical education. Since each medical student's professional identity formation process is an individual, internal, and often times emotionally charged unconscious experience, it can be difficult for educators to understand each student's unique experience. We investigate if mask maki...

A community of practice may shape and reshape the identity of members of the community through providing them with situated learning or learning environment. This study, therefore, is to clarify the salient learning-based features of the language teaching community of practice that might formulate the identity of language teachers. To this end, the study examined how learning situations in two ...