Language Teacher Identities - Matthew Clarke

Language Teacher Identities

Co-constructing Discourse and Community

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
232 Seiten
2008
Multilingual Matters (Verlag)
978-1-84769-081-4 (ISBN)
24,85 inkl. MwSt
This book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching in the United Arab Emirates, theorizing the students’ learning to teach in terms of the discursive construction of a teaching identity within an evolving community of practice.
Set in the rapidly changing world of the contemporary United Arab Emirates and bringing together detailed linguistic analysis with cutting edge social theory, this book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching, theorizing the students’ learning to teach in terms of the discursive construction of a teaching identity within an evolving community of practice. Both a study of the influence of issues such as gender and nationalism in language teacher education in the Middle East, as well as of the power of discourse and community in shaping identity, this book will be of relevance to anyone working in teacher education as well as to those with an interest in theorizations of discourse and identity.

Currently an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Hong Kong, Matthew Clarke led the development and implementation of the new Bachelor of Education at the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates between 1999 and 2006. Prior to working in teacher education, he taught in primary schools and language centres in the UK and Australia. His research interests include discourse analysis, identity, social theory, cultural studies and philosophy as well as language and literacy education.

Introduction: Learning to Teach within an Evolving Community of Practice



Chapter 1 Discourse, Identity and Community



Chapter 2 The Discursive Context



Chapter 3 The Formation of a Community of Practice



Chapter 4 The Discursive Construction of Systems of Knowledge and Belief



Chapter 5 The Discursive Construction of Interpersonal Relations



Chapter 6 The Discursive Construction of Intrapersonal Identity



Chapter 7 Summary of Findings and Future Directions



References

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.6.2008
Reihe/Serie New Perspectives on Language and Education
Verlagsort Bristol
Sprache englisch
Maße 148 x 210 mm
Gewicht 301 g
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik
ISBN-10 1-84769-081-5 / 1847690815
ISBN-13 978-1-84769-081-4 / 9781847690814
Zustand Neuware
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