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Teacher Identity and Investment : First Year Language Teacher Students Investing in Their Future Profession (2022)
Pitkänen-Huhta, A., Ruohotie-Lyhty, M., & Jääskelä, P. (2022). Teacher Identity and Investment : First Year Language Teacher Students Investing in Their Future Profession. In K. Sadeghi, & F. Ghaderi (Eds.), Theory and Practice in Second Language Teacher Identity : Researching, Theorising and Enacting (pp. 137-150). Springer International Publishing. Educational Linguistics, 57. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13161-5_10
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne; Ruohotie-Lyhty, Maria; Jääskelä, Päivikki
Parent publication: Theory and Practice in Second Language Teacher Identity : Researching, Theorising and Enacting
Parent publication editors: Sadeghi, Karim; Ghaderi, Farah
ISBN: 978-3-031-13160-8
eISBN: 978-3-031-13161-5
Journal or series: Educational Linguistics
ISSN: 1572-0292
eISSN: 2215-1656
Publication year: 2022
Publication date: 17/09/2022
Number in series: 57
Pages range: 137-150
Number of pages in the book: 312
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-13161-5_10
Publication open access: Not open
Publication channel open access: Channel is not openly available
Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/85288
Abstract
Professional identity is central in understanding the socially embedded and personally experienced character of teachers’ professional development. Particularly in the early stages of identity construction, we need to focus not only on the past and present but also on the images of the future in order to support identity construction during education. This study investigates how student teachers approach their future work as language teachers and how they perceive the ways in which they can invest in their futures. As part of a broader project, data were collected from 61 student teachers during the first semester in the language teacher education programme and it comprised visualizations of student teachers’ future work and verbal descriptions of factors facilitating or hindering the dream of their future profession. The focus here is on the verbal descriptions. Becoming aware of student teachers’ future goals and the ways in which they are planning to reach their dream provides valuable insights into the processes needed to support student teacher development.
Keywords: language teachers; teacher training; professional identity; teacherhood; students; future; professional image; professions
Free keywords: teacher identity; investment; envisioning; language teachers; teacher education
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Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2022
JUFO rating: 2