Becoming and Re-Becoming a Teacher in the Arabian Peninsula: Amal's Story of Hope

Autor/in	Gallagher, Kay
Titel	Becoming and Re-Becoming a Teacher in the Arabian Peninsula: Amal's Story of Hope
Quelle	In: Teacher Development, 15 (2011) 2, S.141-155 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-4530
Schlagwörter	School Restructuring; Foreign Countries; Profiles; Career Development; Educational Change; Student Experience; English (Second Language); Language Teachers; Teacher Qualifications; Teacher Competencies; Teacher Education; Interviews; Females; United Arab Emirates + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulreformplan; Schulumwandlung; Ausland; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Berufsentwicklung; Bildungsreform; Studienerfahrung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Lehrqualifikation; Lehrkunst; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Weibliches Geschlecht; Vereinigte Arabische Emirate
Abstract	This paper is an account of the early career narrative of a young Emirati teacher, Amal, against the backdrop of the radical reformation of state schooling underway in the United Arab Emirates. Amal's decision to become a teacher was influenced by negative school experiences in her own childhood, thus fuelling her desire to "have a hand in changing things". Although one of the very first of her compatriots to acquire an appropriate initial English language teaching qualification, within a few years of starting to teach she finds her qualification obsolete. Amal's story of becoming and re-becoming a teacher offers unique insights into the shifting sands of school reform and the challenges it poses to local teachers, and highlights the need for capacity building for a sustainable, locally grounded, quality state school system. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10