ERIC Number: EJ1450287
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Dec
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'Good Rain Nurtures Things Silently': A Longitudinal Study of EFL Teacher Emotion and Identity Learning in Curriculum Reform
European Journal of Education, v59 n4 e12763 2024
Identity serves as a valuable lens through which to investigate, understand and facilitate teacher learning during curriculum reform. Identity learning is the core process of educational change, with teacher emotion at the heart of professional learning processes. In this study, we traced the 1-year journeys of four Chinese EFL teachers during a tertiary EFL curriculum reform that focused on ideological and political education. The Dynamic Systems Model of Role Identity was utilised to understand identity learning. By drawing on interviews, documents and observations, we collected rich data and analysed four types of identity learning along a continuum from fake learning to transformation, mediated by teacher emotion. A multiplicity of emotions acted as indicators and potential catalysts for identity learning. However, an overly demanding context might lead to a retrogressive identity learning trajectory. The integration of ideological and political education in foreign language education was also discussed.
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Educational Change, Language Teachers, Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Ideology, Political Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Deception, Transformative Learning, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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