A Language Teacher Educator's Identity and Agency Development via Virtual Professional Training: An Autoethnography

TESOL Journal, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(2)

Published: March 14, 2025

ABSTRACT This study aimed to explore the developmental journey of an emergent language teacher educator (LTE) as she navigated construction her identity and enactment agency in context virtual training sessions. Through personal reflections across a 3‐year period, author unpacks transition from dependent LTE, who was reliant on relational agency, independent now exercises professional individual agency. Furthermore, this development has evolved uncritical critical LTE which emphasize roles adaptability sensitivity LTEs' educational practice. Moreover, findings highlight dynamic interplay among experiences, contexts, collaboration with colleagues shaping research contributes valuable insights for preparing supporting LTEs. It emphasizes importance reflection promoting effective education practices.

Language: Английский

Teaching an EAP writing class online: A case study of an emerging expert from “identity” and “agency” perspectives

System, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 124, P. 103374 - 103374

Published: June 13, 2024

Language: Английский

Only a cog in a machine?: Reappraising institutionalized EAP teacher identities in a transnational context

Journal of English for Academic Purposes, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 71, P. 101427 - 101427

Published: July 23, 2024

Language: Английский