It is not uncommon for classroom teacher researchers to face multiple obstacles, but for the fifth grade teacher in this study, Donna, her administrators did not support her research efforts because they thought it would take away from preparing students for end of grade tests. The purpose of this study was to explore the ways conducting teacher research shaped Donna’s teacher identities and to...

this study was conducted in english for academic purposes (eap) context to explore iranian teachers' perceptions of their pedagogical content knowledge (pck) and their sense of professional identity (pi) as well as to scrutinize how their cognitions were practiced in eap classes. to this end, two elt teachers and two content instructors (i.e. subject experts who teach eap courses in addition to...

This article explores how university learning and the period of school placement can contribute to identity development understood as a dynamic evolving process. From this perspective, we understand teacher’s professional an ongoing process interpretation re-interpretation experiences that are shaped in spaces relationship with others, where each person makes different processes identification,...

A notion of being a professional and acting with professionalism suggests particular standards associated identity practice. For vocational education training (VET) educators in Australia, the ‘professional’ that is encased within association registration does not apply. Yet these operate contexts where discourse influences their enactment vocation. This paper reports on findings from an explor...

The construction of a professional identity is key element in the transition to teaching profession, which begins its development at initial training, especially during training courses. Purpose: This article collects experiences related teachers who graduated from two state universities Santiago Metropolitan Region Chile. Methodology: Interpretative-qualitative research was carried out, framed...

Professional development and professional identity of English language teachers have usually been explored separately in the research agenda. However, there might be a nexus of relationships between professional identity and professional development in the context of English language teaching. This study, therefore, explored how professional identity might contribute to professional development...

Portfolios are increasingly being used to stimulate teachers' reflections. Frameworks for reflection on teaching often emphasize competencies and behaviours. However, other aspects of teacher functioning are also important, such as the teaching environment and individual teachers' beliefs, professional identity and mission. In a study among five medical school teachers, we explored how a portfo...