期刊
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1007649
关键词
professional identity; study abroad; EFL teachers; returnee teachers; China
资金
- Jilin University Faculty Teaching and Development Project
- International Innovative Team Project [2019GJTD02]
- Jilin Province 12th Five-Year Educational Plan Project
This study investigates the changes in Chinese college English teachers' professional identities as a result of participating in international professional development programs and explores how they negotiate their professional identities upon returning to China. The study finds that international experiences greatly impact the teachers' professional identity construction, enabling them to develop multiple identities as language teaching professionals, university academics, and change agents. The process of reconstructing their professional identities upon returning to China is not linear and smooth but dynamic, involving negotiations with the constraints of personal and professional contexts.
This study traced changes in Chinese college English teachers' professional identities as a result of participating in international professional development programs and examined how the teachers negotiated their professional identities upon return to China. Five college English teachers with at least 10 months of overseas professional development experience took part in the study. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and relevant documents. It was found that international experiences had a great impact on the teachers' professional identity construction by empowering them to develop multiple identities as language teaching professionals, university academics, and change agents. The teachers' reconstruction of professional identities upon return to China was not a linear and smooth process. It was a dynamic process of negotiating with the constraints of the personal and professional contexts to which the teachers returned. The study sheds light on the identity development of internationally trained language teachers and contributes to a deeper understanding of the impact of international experiences on the professional development of second language teachers in similar contexts. It has implications for study abroad programs and for home institutions about how to support the long-term professional development of returnee teachers.
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