Open AccessTeachers’ Narratives as a Lens to Reveal their Professional Identity
Author(s) -
Pınar KAHVECİ>
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
shanlax international journal of education (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2582-1334
DOI - 10.34293/education.v10i1.4273
Subject(s) - narrative , identity (music) , thematic analysis , psychology , construct (python library) , perception , pedagogy , coding (social sciences) , task (project management) , narrative inquiry , mathematics education , social psychology , sociology , qualitative research , linguistics , computer science , engineering , aesthetics , art , systems engineering , neuroscience , programming language , social science , philosophy
This study adopts a narrative approach to revealing how English as a foreign language teachers construct their teacher identities. Kelchterman’s five dimensions of teacher identity; i.e., self-image, self-esteem, task perception, job motivation and future perspectives, were used as the theoretical lens to explore eight participants’ identity construction via the narratives they told in an online written interview form. Participants were eight EFL instructors who worked at higher education institutions around Turkey. Data was collected via an online survey tool and analysed via thematic analysis and open coding. Data revealed that the five dimensions of teacher identity do not develop in isolation from each other but a dynamic interaction among these identity dimensions exists.