Exploring Japanese University English Teachers' Professional Identity

This book examines the professional identities of Japanese university English teachers. It focuses on how relatively new teachers develop their professional identities, how gender impacts the professional identities of female professors, and how teaching practices and beliefs reflect personal and professional identity.

List of contents

Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The Japanese Context Chapter Three: Knowledge, Beliefs, and Identity Chapter Four: Data Collection Chapter Five: Developing Professional Identity Chapter Six: It's a Man's World Chapter Seven: Teaching is What I "Do," Not Who I Am Chapter Eight: Conclusion

About the author

Diane Hawley Nagatomo is Associate Professor at Ochanomizu University, Japan. Her research interests include teacher beliefs, teacher identity, materials development and gender. Her previous publications include Exploring Japanese University English Teachers' Professional Identity (Multilingual Matters, 2012).

Summary

This book examines the professional identities of Japanese university English teachers. It focuses on how relatively new teachers develop their professional identities, how gender impacts the professional identities of female professors, and how teaching practices and beliefs reflect personal and professional identity.

Product details

• Authors: Diane Nagatomo, Diane Hawley Nagatomo
• Publisher: Channel View Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2012
• EAN: 9781847696472
• ISBN: 978-1-84769-647-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 211 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Series: New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a; New Perspectives on Language and Education; New Perspectives on Language a
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology