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Qin, Bo; Zhu, Gang; Cheng, Chen; Membiela, Pedro; Mena, Juanjo; Zhu, Jinfei – Professional Development in Education, 2023
This paper examines Chinese (n = 11) and Spanish (n = 11) student teachers' learning-to-teach experiences during the teaching practicum or placement period through the lenses of transformative learning theory and third space construct. We traced student teachers' transformative learning experiences through observation, interviews, reflective…
Descriptors: Practicums, Teacher Education Programs, Transformative Learning, Learning Theories
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Zhu, Gang; Rice, Mary; Li, Guofang; Zhu, Jinfei – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2022
Metaphors are powerful windows to gain insight into EFL teachers' professional identity constructions. This study examined 33 Chinese EFL student teachers' (STs) self-generated metaphors about teaching before and after their student teaching. Before their teaching practicum experience, they were: (a) optimistic, but had naïve perceptions about…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers