The Tensions Between EFL Teacher Identities and INSET in the Turkish Context

Due to the insufficiency of current in-service training courses which are far from the collaboration and the reflection of teachers, the current study scrutinizes the incongruities between teacher identities and in-service training programs offered by the Ministry of National Education in Turkey bas...

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Autores:
Güngör, Fatih
Tipo de recurso:
Article of journal
Fecha de publicación:
2017
Institución:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:
Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/66907
Acceso en línea:
https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/66907
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/67935/
Palabra clave:
37 Educación / Education
8 Literatura y retórica / Literature
Activity theory
INSET
teacher identity
the onion model
Turkey
el modelo cebolla
identidad docente
programas de desarrollo profesional
teoría de la actividad
Turquía
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial 4.0 Internacional
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Summary:Due to the insufficiency of current in-service training courses which are far from the collaboration and the reflection of teachers, the current study scrutinizes the incongruities between teacher identities and in-service training programs offered by the Ministry of National Education in Turkey based upon the use of the activity theory. In this narrative study, two English as a foreign language teachers reflected on their environment, behaviors, beliefs, competencies, and missions under the heading of teacher identity concept. The results suggest that teachers need a supportive community of practice and a well-tailored mentoring system to be able to reflect on themselves and the context in which they are teaching.