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Language teacher identities as socio-politically situated construction : Finnish and Brazilian student teachers’ visualisations of their professional futures (2021)

Ruohotie-Lyhty, M., Camargo Aragão, R., & Pitkänen-Huhta, A. (2021). Language teacher identities as socio-politically situated construction : Finnish and Brazilian student teachers’ visualisations of their professional futures. Teaching and Teacher Education, 100, Article 103270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103270

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All authors or editors: Ruohotie-Lyhty, Maria; Camargo Aragão, Rodrigo; Pitkänen-Huhta, Anne

Journal or series: Teaching and Teacher Education

ISSN: 0742-051X

eISSN: 1879-2480

Publication year: 2021

Volume: 100

Article number: 103270

Publisher: Elsevier

Publication country: United Kingdom

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2020.103270

Publication open access: Openly available

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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/74205

Abstract

The process of envisioning the future is central to teachers’ identity construction, but different environments create distinct sociocultural conditions for the process. This qualitative study drawing on visual-textual methods compares Finnish and Brazilian student teachers’ desired and feared professional futures. Two different perspectives on future identities were detected: a desire for status and a desire for meaningfulness. The results revealed the radically different social status of teaching in the two countries and the role this played in the envisioned identities. The study highlights the importance of awareness of the socio-political nature of identity construction in developing teacher education.

Keywords: language teachers; teacher training; teacherhood; professional identity; future expectations; comparative research; sociocultural factors

Free keywords: pre-service teacher education; teacher emotions; teacher identity; visual methods

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Reporting Year: 2021

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