Abstract Scholarship on novice language teachers has often overlooked how novices comparatively develop personalized trajectories in the initial years. This study views novice-ness through lens of identity construction and examines three Iranian English first, second, third years teaching constructed their teacher identities. Data were collected from semi-structured interviews, classroom observ...

The construction of teachers’ professional identity (TPI) is a key issue in current research, so wide range scholars has focused their interest on that topic. Its and evolution are influenced by factors (personal, contextual) along the initial training period. This review aims to know how TPI within among Secondary Education teachers evolves, teacher programs approach it which elements may infl...