Motivations and Concerns: Voices from Pre-Service Language Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Kavanoz, Suzan; Yüksel, Hatice G.
Titel	Motivations and Concerns: Voices from Pre-Service Language Teachers
Quelle	In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 42 (2017) 8, S.43-61, Artikel 4 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0313-5373
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preservice Teachers; Language Teachers; Preservice Teacher Education; Student Motivation; Professional Identity; State Universities; Student Development; Career Choice; Student Teacher Attitudes; Self Concept; Qualitative Research; Content Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Schulische Motivation; Staatliche Universität; Selbstkonzept; Qualitative Forschung; Inhaltsanalyse; Türkei
Abstract	Contemporary interactionist theories conceive identity formation as a dynamic process that is continuously co-constructed within a social context. For pre-service language teachers, teacher education programs constitute the context in which their professional identities are formed. This cross-sectional qualitative study aims at exploring variations in pre-service language teachers' motivations, and concerns in order to understand how their identity is developed throughout teacher education programs. Data were collected from 121 pre-service language teachers at a state university in Turkey through their written reports. The differences across years with respect to their motivations and concerns indicated that as pre-service language teachers proceed along their education; their professional identity does not remain stable. The fluctuations observed among different year levels demonstrate the interplay between the context and the self. We suggest that these personal attributes need to be monitored in order to enhance language teacher education programs. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Edith Cowan University. Bradford Street, Mount Lawley, West Australia 6050, Australia. Web site: http://ro.ecu.edu.au/ajte/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01