Language Teacher Identities: Co-constructing Discourse and CommunityThis book explores the development of the first cohort of students to complete a new Bachelor of Education in English language teaching in the United Arab Emirates, theorizing the students' learning to teach in terms of the discursive construction of a teaching identity within an evolving community of practice. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Discourse Identity and Community | 15 |
The Discursive Context | 41 |
The Formation of a Community of Practice | 75 |
The Discursive Construction of Systems of Knowledge | 105 |
The Discursive Construction of Interpersonal Relations | 136 |
The Discursive Construction of Intrapersonal Identity | 157 |
Summary of Findings and Future Directions | 182 |
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Language Teacher Identities: Co-constructing Discourse and Community Matthew Clarke Limited preview - 2008 |
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