ERIC Number: EJ1128057
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 19
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Creating a Pedagogical Space That Fosters the (Re)Construction of Self through Life Stories of Pre-Service English Language Teachers
Quintero Polo, Álvaro Hernán
HOW, v23 n2 p106-124 Jul-Dec 2016
People's true selves comprise a life story that may be considered as a narrative. With that idea in mind, the purpose of this article is to report on a pedagogical intervention that bridged life stories and a narrative perspective to examine nine, out of eighty, pre-service English language teachers' (re)construction of their true selves while engaged in a three-step introspective practice. Such (re)construction was manifested in written life stories which were interpreted and found to reveal these main themes: Meaningful Others in Shaping Their "Self-as-Teacher," The Human Dimension in the Formation of Teachers of English, and Becoming Teachers of English Who Are Transformative, Instead of Transmissionists.
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, English Teachers, Intervention, Personal Narratives, Biographies, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Transformative Learning, Reflective Teaching, Teacher Background, Qualitative Research, Professional Identity, Humanization, Teaching Methods, Educational Practices
ASOCOPI, the Colombian Association of Teachers of English. Cra 27 A #53-06, oficina 405, Bogota, Colombia. +57-2115018; Fax: +57-2115018. e-mail: asocopicolombia@gmail.com; Web site: https://www.howjournalcolombia.org/index.php/how
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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