Teacher Identity Discourses: Negotiating Personal And Professional Spaces (Ncte-Lea Research Series in Literacy and Composition)

In This Book Janet Alsup Reports And Theorizes A Multi-layered Study Of Teacher Identity Development. The Study, Which Followed Six Preservice English Education Students, Was Designed To Investigate Her Hypothesis That Forming (or Failing To Form) A Professional Identity Is Central In The Process Of Becoming An Effective Teacher. This Work Addresses The Intersection Of Various Types Of Discourse Within The Process Of Professional Identity Development, Emphasizes That The Intersection Of The Personal And Professional In Teacher Identity Formation Is More Complex Than Is Acknowledged In Typical Methods Classes, And Accents The Need For Teacher Educators To Take Steps To Facilitate Such Integration. Specific Suggestions For Methods Courses Are Presented That Teacher Educators Can Use As Is Or Adapt To Their Own Contexts. Teacher Identity Discourses: Negotiating Personal And Professional Spaces Speaks Eloquently To Faculty, Researchers, And Graduate Students Across The Field Of Teacher Education.--jacket. A Teaching Life: How And Why This Project Came To Be -- What Does It Mean To Be A Secondary School Teacher? -- The Struggle Of Subjectivities: Narratives Of Tension -- Memories And Enactments: Experiential Narratives Of Teaching And Learning -- Denying The Mind/body Split: Narratives About The Embodiment Of Teacher Identity -- The Influence Of Others: Narratives About Family And Friends -- Using Discourse To Create A Teacher Identity: Borderland Narratives -- Teaching Is ... An Analysis Of The Metaphor -- What Do I Believe? Statements Of Philosophy -- To Know Thyself: Final Thoughts About Teacher Identity. Janet Alsup. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 207-215) And Indexes. In this book, Janet Alsup reports and theorizes a multi-layered study of teacher identity development. The study, which followed six pre-service English education students, was designed to investigate her hypothesis that forming (or failing to form) a professional identity is central in the process of becoming an effective teacher. This work addresses the intersection of various types of discourse within the process of professional identity development, emphasizes that the intersection of the personal and professional in teacher identity formation is more complex than is acknowledged in typical methods classes, and accents the need for teacher educators to take steps to facilitate such integration. Specific suggestions for methods courses are presented that teacher educators can use as is or adapt to their own contexts. Teacher Identity Discourses: Negotiating Personal and Professional Spaces speaks eloquently to faculty, researchers, and graduate students across the field of teacher education.
Education, Politics & IR, Sociology & Social Policy Book Cover 1 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 8 Foreword 10 Preface 14 Chapter 1 A Teaching Life: How and Why This Project Came to Be 18 Chapter 2 What Does It Mean to Be a Secondary School Teacher? 37 Chapter 3 The Struggle of Subjectivities: Narratives of Tension 68 Chapter 4 Memories and Enactments: Experiential Narratives of Teaching and Learning 94 Chapter 5 Denying the Mind/Body Split: Narratives About the Embodiment of Teacher Identity 105 Chapter 6 The Influence of Others: Narratives About Family and Friends 123 Chapter 7 Using Discourse to Create a Teacher Identity: Borderland Narratives 142 Chapter 8 Teaching Is ... an Analysis of the Metaphor 164 Chapter 9 What Do I Believe? Statements of Philosophy 183 Chapter 10 To Know Thyself: Final Thoughts About Teacher Identity 198 Appendix A: Sample Assignments 214 Appendix B: Glossary 222 References 224 Author Index 234 Subject Index 238 Addresses the various types of discourse within the process of professional identity development. This work emphasizes that the intersection of the personal and professional in teacher identity formation is more complex, and accents the need for teacher educators to take steps to facilitate such integration