Kung, Sakorn. English teacher identity development in borderland discourse : delving into negotiating personal and professional selves. Master's Degree(Teaching English as a Global Language). Burapha University. Library. : Burapha University, 2019.
English teacher identity development in borderland discourse : delving into negotiating personal and professional selves
Abstract:
This study is an exploration on Thai non-Christian English language
teachers in a Catholic school of their teacher identity development by looking into
their personal and professional selves. An inquiry into how they negotiated these
selves was conducted to detect borderland discourses. Life story interviews,
shadowing observations, and triangulation procedures were conducted to collect the
data necessary for this study. The informants were purposefully selected to join this
study. The data were analyzed by using the coding and thematic methods to form
categories of teacher identities.
The findings revealed the journey of English teacher identity development of
the two non-Christian informants who worked in a Catholic school. They illustrated
several tensions at the workplace resulted from their conflicting personal and
professional selves. By negotiating these selves which they expressed through
borderland discourses, they allowed their professional selves to be dominant in certain
contexts. Their teacher identity was influenced by their feelings, personal
backgrounds, and socio-cultural factors. Therefore, there is a necessity to enhance
teacher identity, negotiation of personal and professional selves, the understanding of
cultural diversity in teachers training programs as well as to form supporting groups
to assist novice English language teachers who have just joined their teaching
profession in schools