| Title |
Shaping and reshaping the professional self / |
| Translation of Title |
Mokytojo profesinės tapatybės formavimas ir transformavimas. |
| Authors |
Kašelionytė, Jurgita |
| DOI |
10.15388/Verb.2010.1.4943 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Verbum.. Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla. 2010, t. 1, p. 85-94.. ISSN 2029-6223 |
| Keywords [eng] |
Teacher identity ; Formation ; Reshaping ; Competences ; Role ; Educational context |
| Abstract [eng] |
Nowadays, in the face of globalization, the concept of identity becomes increasingly popular. Modern language education policy raises new demands and establishes specific teacher competences that put educators into the reshaping of their professional self for some teachers it is a possibility to increase the effectiveness of their profession, while others view it as a big challenge in their career. The survey carried out in Lithuania shows that English teachers have quite a positive attitude towards a reconstruction of professional self. The main factors in shaping the identity are considered to be personal traits. However, teachers are convinced that there is a lack of their involvement in the decision making related to education policy. Therefore, teachers are not motivated to follow the prescribed rules, and changes do not gain ground. Some authors point out to the division between teacher's personal identity and professional self. Respondents of the survey indicate endless duties as the main reason of teachers' stress at work. They are also quite cautious in attributing different roles to themselves and choose those that sound more neutral, like a facilitator of learning or a guide. Yet teachers feel rather confident about their competences and have doubts only about their work with mix ability students. All things considered, reshaping of teacher's professional identity seems to be a difficult task and should be analysed in greater detail before making any decisions. The methods used in this paper are both empirical and analytical. The first part presents some scientific works related to the topic of teacher identity, the second one is an analysis of the results of the survey. |
| Published |
Vilnius : Vilniaus universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2010 |
| CC license |
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