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Conference Paper: Metaphors of Career Change: EAP Teachers’ Professional Identity Formation as Boundary Workers
Title | Metaphors of Career Change: EAP Teachers’ Professional Identity Formation as Boundary Workers |
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Issue Date | 2018 |
Citation | The 16th Asia TEFL, 1st MAAL (Macau Association for Applied Linguistics) & 6th HAAL (Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics) International Conference: English Language Teaching in the Changing Glocalised World: Research and Praxis, University of Macau, Macau, China, 27-29 June 2018 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This paper is the preliminary study of a larger project examining English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teachers' professional identity formation during career transition from being a general English (GE) teacher to an EAP teacher. The project is situated in the sociocultural context of recent English education curriculum reform in tertiary institutions in mainland China. The reform has attracted an increasing number of GE teachers transferring to EAP teaching. However, little research has been done to examine how the teachers are making sense of their new professional identities as EAP teaching professionals. This paper examines how four Chinese EAP teachers made sense of their career transition through the metaphors they shared in an online professional community (Craig, 2017). Drawing on the concepts of boundaries (Akkerman & Bakker, 2011) and teacher identities (Connelly & Clandinin, 1999), we will sharehow EAP teachers negotiate their identities as boundary workers, engaging in multiple boundaries during career transition. Findings show engaging in multiple boundaries can have risks and learning potentials. Implications for EAP teachers’ professional development will be discussed. |
Description | Session: E22 – 4015 - Paper presentation no. TE PP144 |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/262006 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Bi, X | - |
dc.contributor.author | Chan, YYC | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-28T04:51:51Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-28T04:51:51Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | The 16th Asia TEFL, 1st MAAL (Macau Association for Applied Linguistics) & 6th HAAL (Hong Kong Association for Applied Linguistics) International Conference: English Language Teaching in the Changing Glocalised World: Research and Praxis, University of Macau, Macau, China, 27-29 June 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/262006 | - |
dc.description | Session: E22 – 4015 - Paper presentation no. TE PP144 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This paper is the preliminary study of a larger project examining English for Academic Purposes (EAP) teachers' professional identity formation during career transition from being a general English (GE) teacher to an EAP teacher. The project is situated in the sociocultural context of recent English education curriculum reform in tertiary institutions in mainland China. The reform has attracted an increasing number of GE teachers transferring to EAP teaching. However, little research has been done to examine how the teachers are making sense of their new professional identities as EAP teaching professionals. This paper examines how four Chinese EAP teachers made sense of their career transition through the metaphors they shared in an online professional community (Craig, 2017). Drawing on the concepts of boundaries (Akkerman & Bakker, 2011) and teacher identities (Connelly & Clandinin, 1999), we will sharehow EAP teachers negotiate their identities as boundary workers, engaging in multiple boundaries during career transition. Findings show engaging in multiple boundaries can have risks and learning potentials. Implications for EAP teachers’ professional development will be discussed. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Asia TEFL/ MAAL/ HAAL 2018 International Conference | - |
dc.title | Metaphors of Career Change: EAP Teachers’ Professional Identity Formation as Boundary Workers | - |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | - |
dc.identifier.email | Chan, YYC: yycheri@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Chan, YYC=rp02054 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 292588 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Macau | - |