Cases on Teacher Identity, Diversity, and Cognition in Higher Education

Cases on Teacher Identity, Diversity, and Cognition in Higher Education

Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 437

ISBN13: 9781466659902|ISBN10: 1466659904|EISBN13: 9781466659919

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5990-2

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As our world becomes increasingly diverse and technologically-driven, the role and identities of teachers continues to change.

Cases on Teacher Identity, Diversity, and Cognition in Higher Education seeks to address this change and provide an accurate depiction of the teaching profession today. This thought-provoking collection of cases covers a range of educational contexts from preschool teaching in Europe to higher education in Australia and North America, and draws on expert knowledge of these diverse contexts, centered on a common theme of teacher identity. This book can be used by teacher educators and trainee teachers, as well as those who have an interest in social research into teaching.

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Advances in Higher Education and Professional Development (AHEPD) Book Series

Editorial Advisory Board

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgment

Chapters

Chapter 1

The Role of Early Learning Experience in Shaping Teacher Cognition and Technology Use (pages 1-21)

Mariam Attia

This chapter explores the role of teachers' early learning experiences in shaping their pedagogical beliefs and practice specifically in relation to technology use. Following a case study approach, the accounts of three...

Chapter 2

Preschool Teacher Identity (pages 22-60)

Sanja Tatalović Vorkapić, Lidija Vujičić, Renata Čepić

The teaching process cannot be simplified to definitions of the best teachers as those possessing certain desirable teaching behaviours and skills (Katz, 2002). Although there are numerous factors that significantly influence...

Chapter 3

Redesigning Teacher Education Programs to Meet the Needs of Today's Second Career Pre-Service Teachers (pages 61-86)

Patricia Dickenson

Research suggests the fastest growing group in teacher training programs is second career teachers (Brooks & Hill, 2004). This chapter examines the profiles of second-career pre-service teachers in a blended online program in Silicon...

Chapter 4

Getting Personal: An Autoethnographic Study of the Professional Identit(ies) of Lecturers in an Australian Pathway Institution (pages 87-110)

Donna M. Velliaris, Craig R. Willis

For educators, understanding what draws an individual to the teaching profession and, arguably more importantly, what keeps them there, involves recognition of how one's professional identity is located in the classroom. This...

Chapter 5

A Case Study of Transformational Teaching Experiences of Higher Education Faculty in the United States: Narratives of Teacher Experience (pages 111-139)

Alex Kumi-Yeboah

This chapter is a study of teacher experience amongst higher education faculty in the United States, drawing on a theoretical framework shaped by Mezirow's transformative learning theory, which first emerged in the late 1970s and...

Chapter 6

Exploring Identity of Non-Native Teachers of English through Narratives of their Experience (pages 140-170)

Magdalena Rostron

The teaching profession, particularly in the field of TESOL, seems to be in the midst of transition, with teachers facing questions in regard to content, methods, audience, underlying principles, and goals of their teaching and...

Chapter 7

On Returning to Pakistan after Studying in the UK: The Life Stories of Three Teachers (pages 171-191)

Ambreen Shahriar

This chapter is based on life-story interviews of three Pakistani teachers who came to the UK to pursue higher education (i.e. PhD). The chapter focuses on their lives in the UK and how this experience influenced their life...

Chapter 8

African American Women, Education, and Self-Actualization: Confronting Gender and Racial Barriers in Religious Institutions (pages 192-213)

Theron N. Ford, Blanche Jackson Glimps

Americans cling to the mythology that education is the great social equalizer with the power to lift members of society out of poverty and to overcome gender and racial discrimination. In turn, American society becomes more...

Chapter 9

Teaching English Literature to a Heterogeneous Class: The Challenges and Problems of Differing Identities (pages 214-236)

Sutapa Dutta

Teaching English Literature to an increasingly heterogeneous class is proving to be a major challenge in recent years, especially with the emphasis on inclusive higher education in India. The differences in educational experiences...

Chapter 10

Global Examples of Approaches to Teacher Education in the 21st Century: Creating Theory-Practice Nexus through Collaboration (pages 237-257)

Catherine McLoughlin, Prathiba Nagabhushan

The field of teacher education has been evolving for several decades, and current approaches to teacher education aim to prepare preservice-teachers to teach diverse populations and develop a range of skills, dispositions, and...

Chapter 11

Challenging Traditions: Constructing an Identity through Innovative Teaching Practices (pages 258-286)

Magdalena De Stefani

In this chapter, the author presents the case of Mariana, a Uruguayan non-native speaking teacher of English working at Lake Primary School in Uruguay. This chapter describes an action research process during which the author and a...

Chapter 12

Teachers in Transition: The Road to EAP (pages 287-316)

Phillip Martin

This chapter explores the development of the identity of English teachers who have moved from General English teaching into the field of English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Many general TEFL teachers move into EAP as their teaching...

Chapter 13

Philosophies, Traditional Pedagogy, and New Technologies: A Report on a Case Study of EAP Teachers' Integration of Technology into Traditional Practice (pages 317-341)

Paul Breen

This chapter reports on a study of teachers in transition, developing their practice and their cognitions regarding the integration of learning technologies with traditional approaches to the teaching of English for Academic Purposes...

Chapter 14

The Role of Blogging in a Changing Society: Theory, Practice, and Implications (pages 342-370)

Efi A. Nisiforou, Nikleia Eteokleous

Educational blogs have remained a noteworthy component, even in an age of rapid technological development. The chapter makes an in-depth description of the blogging phenomenon as it tackles the most important findings of the...

Chapter 15

The Baby in the Bathwater: A Discussion of the Role of Motivation in Teaching Tertiary Level Students (pages 371-389)

Patrick Healy

This chapter is informed by the author's experiences of teaching English as a Second or Other Language (ESOL) before moving on to teach English for Academic Purposes (EAP). Accordingly, it is shaped by the laments of ESOL...

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