Using Metaphor to Explore the Professional Role Identities of Higher Education English Language Instructors

Yeşilbursa A. A. J. A.

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, cilt.46, ss.468-472, 2012 (Düzenli olarak gerçekleştirilen hakemli kongrenin bildiri kitabı) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 46
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.05.143
  • Dergi Adı: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), MLA - Modern Language Association Database
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.468-472
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: English language teaching, teacher professional role identity, metaphor, Turkish universities, TEACHERS
  • Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

While the teacher professional role identity of pre-service English Language teachers has gained popularity recently, that of practicing teachers is less well-researched. This study aims to reveal how a group of Turkish university English Language instructors (n=35) perceived their professional role identities. To this aim, the participants were asked to describe how they saw their roles as English teachers using a metaphor of their own choice. Content analysis of the metaphors revealed 9 overall themes. The most common theme was 'guide'; followed by 'flexible', 'nurturer', 'nurturer', 'frustrated', and 'authority'; then 'entertainer' and 'challenger'; and finally 'novice' and 'other'. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu