Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina
On Being an ESL Teacher in Saskatchewan: Exploring Professional Identity Using Metaphor Analysis
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis inquiry is an exploration of the professional metaphors ESL teachers in Saskatchewan choose to conceptualize and position themselves as language teachers. By situating the metaphors narratively, within a collective case study, the ways in which they are (in-)formed by experiences as students (the apprenticeship of observation), teachers, and Others are revealed. With the understanding that teacher knowledge is largely tacit and that cultural Othering (native-speakerism) in TESOL persists, this inquiry demonstrates how metaphor analysis can contribute to the reflective practices and professional development of teachers. Key words: metaphor, narrative, identity, TESOL, Othering
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Education (MEd)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Curriculm and Instruction
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2013
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Theaker, Nicole Norinne
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Sterzuk, Andrea
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Lewis, Patrick
- Mulholland, Valerie
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:uregina.scholaris.ca:10294/5295