Awakening a sense of belonging to the professional community among pre-service physics teachers

Abstract The shortage of physics teachers is nowadays reality in many countries. It leads to the need for changes in pre-service teacher education. To support professional identity and building a professional community, a new experiential camp is offered to pre-service teachers. The contribution presents initial research focused on identifying students’ expectations, relevance of content and applied methods, as well as on satisfaction of participants. Building a sense of belonging to the professional community is a long-term process, nevertheless first effect was observed.