Teacher Identity Discourses: Negotiating Personal and Professional Spaces

by Janet Alsup and Alsup

Book Overview

In this book, Janet Alsup reports and theorizes a multi-layered study of teacher identity development. The study, which followed six pre-service English education students, was designed to investigate her hypothesis that forming (or failing to form) a professional identity is central in the process of becoming an effective teacher. This work addresses the intersection of various types of discourse within the process of professional identity development,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805858539
• ISBN13: 9780805858532
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.0"