Exploring Japanese University English Teachers' Professional Identity

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84769-647-2
Verlag: Channel View Publications - IPSUK

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

Reihe: Multilingual Matters

This book contributes to the growing field of EFL teacher identity, which is now recognized to influence numerous aspects of classroom teaching and of student learning. It focuses on an under-researched, and yet highly influential group of teachers that shape English language education in Japan: Japanese university English teachers. In three interrelated narrative studies, it examines how four relatively new teachers develop professional identity as they become members of the community of practice of university English teachers; how gender impacts the professional identity of seven female professors ranging in age from their early 30s to their 60s; and how one teacher’s teaching practices and beliefs reflect her personal and professional identity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nagatomo, Diane Hawley

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter One: Introduction

Chapter Two: The Japanese Context

Chapter Three: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Identity

Chapter Four: Data Collection

Chapter Five: Developing Professional Identity

Chapter Six: It’s a Man’s World

Chapter Seven: Teaching is What I “Do,” Not Who I Am

Chapter Eight: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Nagatomo, Diane Hawley
Diane Hawley Nagatomo is Associate Professor at Ochanomizu University, Japan. Her research interests include teacher beliefs, teacher identity, materials development and gender. Her previous publications include Exploring Japanese University English Teachers’ Professional Identity (Multilingual Matters, 2012).

Diane Hawley Nagatomo has been living and teaching in Japan for more than 30 years. She is an Associate Professor at Ochanomizu University and her research interests include teacher and learner identity, teachers' beliefs, and EFL materials development. She has authored and co-authored numerous EFL textbooks for the Japanese market.