Using metaphor to explore the professional role identities of higher education English language instructors
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2012
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Elsevier Science Bv
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
While the teacher professional role identity of pre-service English Language teachers has gained popularity recently, that of practicing teachers is less well-researched. This study aims to reveal how a group of Turkish university English Language instructors (n=35) perceived their professional role identities. To this aim, the participants were asked to describe how they saw their roles as English teachers using a metaphor of their own choice. Content analysis of the metaphors revealed 9 overall themes. The most common theme was 'guide'; followed by 'flexible', 'nurturer', 'nurturer', 'frustrated', and 'authority'; then 'entertainer' and 'challenger'; and finally 'novice' and 'other'. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu
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4th World Conference on Educational Sciences (WCES) -- FEB 02-05, 2012 -- Univ Barcelona, Barcelona, SPAIN
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English Language Teaching, Teacher Professional Role Identity, Metaphor, Turkish Universities
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Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences
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