Preparing future English teachers: The use of personal voice in developing English student teachers’ identities as language teachers
Abstract
This article will examine the dynamic process which occurs for secondary English student teachers whilst working for their Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at London Metropolitan University and will use extensive data in the form of English student teachers' voices to do this. It will explore the impact of an innovative language teacher education programme, which focuses on developing student teachers' knowledge and understanding of language through a cross-subject dialogue with modern languages. It will show how this contributes to the development of a language teacher identity and the relationship between this and previously held notions of English subject identity. It will suggest that through participation in the language teacher education programme, English student teachers are able to begin the construction of a personal theory as a language teacher in preparation for their roles as early-career English teachers.
Reference
Burley, S. (2003). Preparing future English teachers: The use of personal voice in developing English student teachers’ identities as language teachers. English Teaching: Practice & Critique (University of Waikato), 2(1), 54–135.
Journal
English Teaching: Practice and Critique
Analysis
Is this article part of a larger project or series of studies?
no
Does this study draw on a large, preexisting data set?
no
Research Approach
Geographic Setting
Institutional Context
Certification Level
Programatic Focus
Research Location Context
- language teacher education programme
Preservice Participants
- Post Graduate Certification in Education (PGCE)
Preservice Sample Size
Duration of Data Collection
Data Sources
Data Analysis Tools
Researcher Positionality
- Inside (studying their own programs)
Research Questions
The remainder of this article will use the personal voices of the English student teachers to show:
how their knowledge and understanding about language has developed (p. 59)
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Combination
The remainder of this article will use the personal voices of the English student teachers to show
the effects of a cross subject dialogue with modem languages students (p. 59);
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Combination
The remainder of this article will use the personal voices of the English student teachers to show:
the relationship between this language teacher identity and previous
understandings of subject identity; (p. 59)
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Combination
The remainder of this article will use the personal voices of the English student teachers to show:
how they are working towards the construction of a language teacher identity based on a developing personal language theory (p. 59).
Is this research question explicit from the manuscript? Combination