Exploring Japanese University English teachers' professional identity / Diane Hawley Nagatomo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nagatomo, Diane Hawley.

Series:

New perspectives on language and education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Japan.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--Japanese speakers.

English teachers--In-service training--Japan.

English teachers.

English teachers--Training of--Japan.

English teachers--Japan.

English teachers--Training of.

English teachers--In-service training.

English language--Study and teaching.

Japan.

Physical Description:

xii, 215 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bristol ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, [2012]

Summary:

This book contributes to the growing field of EFL teacher identity, which is now recognized to influence numerous aspects of classroom teaching and of student learning. It focuses on an under-researched, and yet highly influential group of teachers that shape English language education in Japan: Japanese university English teachers. In three interrelated narrative studies, it examines how four relatively new teachers develop professional identity as they become members of the community of practice of university English teachers; how gender impacts the professional identity of seven female professors ranging in age from their early 30s to their 60s; and how one teacher's teaching practices and beliefs reflect her personal and professional identity. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

Rationale for the Study 1

English Classes at the Tertiary Level 2

Model Teachers and Teacher Education 2

University Entrance Examinations 4

Motivation for the Study 6

Overview of the Book 6

2 The Japanese Context 9

Introduction 9

The Historical Context of English Language Teaching in Japan 10

Explanations for Poor English Skills in Japanese People 15

The Connection between Education and Industry in Japan 18

Japanese Women: Education and Employment 25

Japanese Women and Education 27

Gendered Aspects of English in Japan 31

The Japanese Professor 34

Female Professors in Universities 42

Summary of Chapter 2 47

3 Knowledge, Beliefs and Identity 49

Introduction 49

Teacher Cognition 49

Teacher Identity 54

Importance of the Social Context in Teaching 59

The Japanese Context 61

Summary of Chapter 3 66

4 The Participants and the Data Collection 68

Introduction 68

Narrative as a Research Method 68

The Participant Teachers 70

Interviews 70

Transcription Method for Interviews 74

Process of Analysis 76

Classroom Observations 77

My Position within the Studies 77

Summary of Chapter 4 78

5 Developing Professional Identity 79

Introduction 79

Identity 81

Participants and Data Collection 84

Analysis and Interpretation 86

Conclusion of Chapter 5 111

6 It's a Man's World 116

Introduction 116

Analytical Framework: Gee's (2000) Perspective on Identity 118

The Participants 120

Analysis and Interpretation 121

Conclusion of Chapter 6 146

7 Teaching Is What I 'Do', Not Who I Am 152

Introduction 152

The Participant 153

Data Collection 153

Analysis and Interpretation 157

Conclusion of Chapter 7 177

8 Conclusion 181

Summary of Overall Findings 182

Pedagogical Implications of the Studies 186.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-205) and index.

ISBN:

9781847696472

1847696473

9781847696465

1847696465

9781847696489

1847696481

OCLC:

757931926