The construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity
This study explores the construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity at a teacher education university in Malaysia. A number of 23 student teachers were required to upload a journal entry in the e-portfolio to reflect upon themselves as prospective teachers when the...
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Universitas Syiah Kuala
2019-03-01
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| description | This study explores the construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity at a teacher education university in Malaysia. A number of 23 student teachers were required to upload a journal entry in the e-portfolio to reflect upon themselves as prospective teachers when they were doing a pedagogical course in semester 5. Upon completing their teaching practice in semester 7 and while doing seminar reflective as a course in their final semester, the student teachers were asked to revisit their journal entry on their identity and to compare and contrast if their views have changed or remained the same after their teaching practice experiences. A content analysis was used to study the transformation of identity through journal entries. The study reveals that the student teachers were more realistic and practical as opposed to being idealistic in forming their professional identities after the teaching practice. There were many situational factors which have affected such changes. This study implicates the need for teacher education programs to provide platforms and learning to teach experience that would assist the student teachers formation of professional identity as prospective teachers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55ac6656dab84282a2534155f17ac7572023-02-08T03:52:21ZengUniversitas Syiah KualaStudies in English Language and Education2355-27942461-02752019-03-016111210.24815/siele.v6i1.130739577The construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identityRaja Nor Safinas Raja Harun0Universiti Pendidikan Sultan IdrisThis study explores the construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity at a teacher education university in Malaysia. A number of 23 student teachers were required to upload a journal entry in the e-portfolio to reflect upon themselves as prospective teachers when they were doing a pedagogical course in semester 5. Upon completing their teaching practice in semester 7 and while doing seminar reflective as a course in their final semester, the student teachers were asked to revisit their journal entry on their identity and to compare and contrast if their views have changed or remained the same after their teaching practice experiences. A content analysis was used to study the transformation of identity through journal entries. The study reveals that the student teachers were more realistic and practical as opposed to being idealistic in forming their professional identities after the teaching practice. There were many situational factors which have affected such changes. This study implicates the need for teacher education programs to provide platforms and learning to teach experience that would assist the student teachers formation of professional identity as prospective teachers.https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/13073language teachers’ professional identity, esl student teachers, e-portfolio |
| spellingShingle | Raja Nor Safinas Raja Harun The construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity Studies in English Language and Education language teachers’ professional identity, esl student teachers, e-portfolio |
| title | The construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity |
| title_full | The construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity |
| title_short | The construction and reconstruction of ESL student teachers’ professional identity |
| title_sort | construction and reconstruction of esl student teachers professional identity |
| topic | language teachers’ professional identity, esl student teachers, e-portfolio |
| url | https://jurnal.usk.ac.id/SiELE/article/view/13073 |
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