Understanding Teacher Identity Construction

ISBN-13: 9783659596322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 128 str.

Rong Xiaoyan

Opis

Teacher identity is an emerging subject of research interest in the field of teacher education and teacher development. Teacher identity, as an ongoing, shifting and dynamic process, is complex and multi-faceted. As a result, teachers perceptions of their identity vary from different perspectives and endure a changing process with the accumulation of their teaching experiences. The changing process is in fact the process of the construction of how they perceive themselves - their identities. This study employs three EFL teachers with different lengths of teaching experiences as cases. Through observations of their teaching life and interviews, this study aims to explore: 1) How do teachers perceive their identity? 2) How do these perceptions change and whether this changing process influences teachers behavior? 3) What are the possible stages or phases of the process? 4) What are the possible factors that influence the construction process?

O autorze

Rong Xiaoyan obtained her B.A. in English and M.A. in Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics with distinction from Beijing Normal University. She obtained her PhD degree in English Teacher Education from The University of Hong Kong.