Most of the interviewees think that their professional
choice was dictated by their system of values:
what they studied, where they studied, who taught
them, what they internalized from ideas they were
exposed to, and the focus of their reflection. The
interviewees maintained that their system of values
was deeply embedded in their personal social
history and stemmed from their biographies. It
has influenced the way they comprehend given
situations and all of their professional considerations.
Richardson (1996) reached the same conclusion,
that one’s beliefs motivate his/her functioning;
thus, beliefs affect teachers, including what and how
they learn. Indeed, according to the interviewees,
everything they have chosen to learn and internalize,
and every approach they have exposed
themselves to, was dictated by this primary foundation.
They confirm that, for a variety of reasons,
they have given up on formal and explicit knowledge
in the field of behaviour management. It seems
reasonable that, for exactly the same reasons, they
had difficulties in coping with behaviour problems,
left school teaching, avoided making class observations
when the class teacher was absent, ignored
behaviour problems during observations and
evaded them in feedback sessions.