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TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
Volume 112, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tate.2022.103648
Keywords
College English teachers; Professional identity; Professional development; Visiting study program; China
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This study explores the trajectories of Chinese College English teachers' identity reconstruction throughout a domestic visiting study program. Three teachers in a one-year program were followed and data were collected through interview and observation. The study found that a research dimension was either activated or reinforced in their professional identities. Three distinctive trajectories of development were identified: from 'unreconciled dreamer' to 'fulfilled research practitioner', from 'passive adapter' to 'agentic researcher-teacher', and from 'invisible layperson' to 'confident teacher-researcher'. The reconstruction of their professional identities is explained in relation to the interplay between personal factors and the mediating context reified by the program.
This study explores the trajectories of Chinese College English teachers' identity reconstruction throughout a domestic visiting study program. Three teachers in a one-year program were followed and data were collected through interview and observation. Analysis shows that a research dimension was either activated or reinforced in their professional identities. Three distinctive trajectories of development were identified: from 'unreconciled dreamer' to 'fulfilled research practitioner', from 'passive adapter' to 'agentic researcher-teacher', and from 'invisible layperson' to 'confident teacher-researcher'. The reconstruction of their professional identities is explained in relation to the interplay between personal factors and the mediating context reified by the program. (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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