Re-imagining teachers’ identity and professionalism under the condition of international education
Year: 2015
Type: article
Abstract: Around the world, 4.3 million students are engaged in international education each year. However, there is a paucity in theory and empirical research on teachers’ professionalism in international education. This paper aims to fill out this gap and contribute to our understanding of teachers’ changing roles and identity due to the impact of internationalisation and the growth of international students. Drawing on positioning theory as a conceptual framework to understand teachers’ roles and identity, this paper shows the emergence of teacher sub-identities as a reciprocal intercultural learner and an adaptive agent. It argues that these sub-identities are central to teachers’ development of cosmopolitan qualities in the contemporary context of international education.
Source: Teachers and Teaching
Authors: Ly Thi Tran, Nhai Thi Nguyen
Institutions: Deakin University, Monash University, RMIT University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
Funder: Australian Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W2000133697