The Implementation of an English Teacher’s Identity
Teacher-Student Relation, Professionalism, and Religious Beliefs
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210427.044How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Johnston’s framework, language teacher identity, teacher beliefs and values, teacher professionalism
- Abstract
In recent years, identity has become a critical factor in teacher training as this affects the teaching practice in the classroom. However, many teachers remain confused about their identity as teachers, as persons, and as professionals who may lead to an identity crisis. This narrative study aims to discover how teachers implement their identity as a teacher in a classroom. It is employed in one of the Islamic schools in Indonesia. Interview data revealed that the teacher constructed three facets of the teacher’s identity: teacher-student relation, professionalism, and religious beliefs based on Johnston’s framework. It showed that a teacher’s identity is undoubtedly influenced by teachers’ religious beliefs and social values, which affects the way the teacher teaches. Due to the teaching experience, there is no identity crisis and difficulties in implementing the identity. The teacher can distinguish his role as a teacher and as an individual. Findings also showed that recognizing teachers’ identity allows them to empower and expand and challenge their experiences and beliefs. Thus, this study suggests teacher educators continually promote teacher identity development. Finally, future research can explore the teacher identity in a broader range with students’ variety backgrounds.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Khusna Irfiana AU - Geby Devtiana Maryono AU - Lala Nurlatifah AU - Eri Kurniawan PY - 2021 DA - 2021/04/28 TI - The Implementation of an English Teacher’s Identity BT - Proceedings of the Thirteenth Conference on Applied Linguistics (CONAPLIN 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 290 EP - 295 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210427.044 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210427.044 ID - Irfiana2021 ER -