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Article: An ethical analysis of how ESL teachers construct their professional identities through the use of information technology in teaching
Title | An ethical analysis of how ESL teachers construct their professional identities through the use of information technology in teaching |
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Keywords | teacher identity information technology ethical analysis governmentality |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1469-3518 |
Citation | British Educational Research Journal, 2019, v. 45 n. 5, p. 918-937 How to Cite? |
Abstract | While there is growing recognition of the mutually shaping relationship between teaching with information technology (IT) and teachers’ beliefs, skills and self‐efficacy, there has been a paucity of research attention on the construction of teacher identity during actual IT‐assisted in‐class teaching and out‐of‐class networking with students, in a full institutional and social context. This study investigates how a group of secondary school English as a second language (ESL) teachers regulated their teaching and practices and constructed their identities in relation to governmental requirements for the use of IT in teaching. Teachers from seven government‐subsidised schools in Hong Kong were interviewed about their experiences of using IT in teaching. We frame the reported practices of these teachers as a process of construction of identity, formed in the context of the ‘governmentality’ supporting current examination‐oriented educational policy. Observing from the perspective of what has been termed ‘governmentality’ and an ethical framework for self‐formation of personal identity makes it possible to see these teachers’ professional identities constructed through the use of IT practices within the contradictory conditions of professional/personal demands, compliance/resistance, school promotion/peer non‐cooperation, advantage/disadvantage in use of IT, use of IT/content and pedagogical knowledge. This study has implications for developing a more supportive and rational environment for the use of IT in teaching, in which more autonomy and identity options—rather than constraints—can be provided for teachers in the digital era. This study also informs practitioners and policy makers in other educational settings experiencing a similar IT boom in teaching. |
Description | Link to Free access |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/278296 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 3.0 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.102 |
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dc.contributor.author | Gu, MM | - |
dc.contributor.author | Lai, C | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-04T08:11:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-04T08:11:16Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | British Educational Research Journal, 2019, v. 45 n. 5, p. 918-937 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0141-1926 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/278296 | - |
dc.description | Link to Free access | - |
dc.description.abstract | While there is growing recognition of the mutually shaping relationship between teaching with information technology (IT) and teachers’ beliefs, skills and self‐efficacy, there has been a paucity of research attention on the construction of teacher identity during actual IT‐assisted in‐class teaching and out‐of‐class networking with students, in a full institutional and social context. This study investigates how a group of secondary school English as a second language (ESL) teachers regulated their teaching and practices and constructed their identities in relation to governmental requirements for the use of IT in teaching. Teachers from seven government‐subsidised schools in Hong Kong were interviewed about their experiences of using IT in teaching. We frame the reported practices of these teachers as a process of construction of identity, formed in the context of the ‘governmentality’ supporting current examination‐oriented educational policy. Observing from the perspective of what has been termed ‘governmentality’ and an ethical framework for self‐formation of personal identity makes it possible to see these teachers’ professional identities constructed through the use of IT practices within the contradictory conditions of professional/personal demands, compliance/resistance, school promotion/peer non‐cooperation, advantage/disadvantage in use of IT, use of IT/content and pedagogical knowledge. This study has implications for developing a more supportive and rational environment for the use of IT in teaching, in which more autonomy and identity options—rather than constraints—can be provided for teachers in the digital era. This study also informs practitioners and policy makers in other educational settings experiencing a similar IT boom in teaching. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1469-3518 | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | British Educational Research Journal | - |
dc.rights | Preprint This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. Postprint This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. | - |
dc.subject | teacher identity | - |
dc.subject | information technology | - |
dc.subject | ethical analysis | - |
dc.subject | governmentality | - |
dc.title | An ethical analysis of how ESL teachers construct their professional identities through the use of information technology in teaching | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Lai, C: laichun@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Lai, C=rp00916 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/berj.3531 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85067393240 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 306571 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 45 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 918 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 937 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000488337900002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0141-1926 | - |