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"You've got the color, but you dont't have the shades" : primary education CLIL teachers' identity negotiation within the Finnish context

2018

This dissertation explores how professional identity is experienced by teachers in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) instruction. In particular, it addresses professional identity in relation to two immediate contexts of teacher activity, i.e. that of the classroom and that of the collegial community. In addition to exploring how these two sides of the professional self give rise to a broader understanding of professional identity, this dissertation also explores aspects of professional agency and the negotiation of emotions in their work. The dissertation is founded on fourteen interviews with Finnish kindergarten and primary education teachers doing CLIL. The data were thema…

subject-centered socio-cultural approachlastentarhanopettajatluokanopettajattyöyhteisötprofessional agencytoimijuusidentity negotiationalakouluammatti-identiteettivieraskielinen opetusThematic AnalysistunteetContent and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)Finnish primary educationprofessional identityteachers' emotions
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CLIL teachers in Finland : The role of emotions in professional identity negotiation

2017

Research on emotions has yielded many theoretical perspectives and many concepts. Yet, most scholars have focused on how emotions influence the transformation and maintenance of teacher identities in the field of teacher education and novice teachers, with little research being conducted on either experienced or foreign language teachers. This study explores emotions in Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) teachers’ work and their role in identity negotiation. The data is based on interviews with thirteen CLIL teachers working at six different primary schools around Finland, while the analysis draws on Meijers’ (2002) model of identity as a learning process. According to this mod…

vieraskielinen opetusCLILtunteetammatillinen kehitysFinnish primary educationidentiteettiopettajatidentityidentity negotiationammatti-identiteetti
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