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Direct linkWhitsed, Craig; Wright, Peter – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2016
This paper reports on research focusing on a group of adjunct teachers of English employed in Japanese universities. Grounded in interpretive epistemology foregrounding constructionist traditions, this research employed bricolage as way of inquiring into, then representing, these teacher's experiences utilising multi-perspectival,…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Whitsed, Craig; Volet, Simone – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2013
This study employs positioning theory to explore the experiences of adjunct foreign English language teachers (AFELT) in the Japanese university sector. The research is located in the broad internationalisation discourse and considers AFELT positions as "foreign" teachers at a time when the Japanese university sector is aiming to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Whitsed, Craig; Wright, Peter – Journal of Research in International Education, 2011
This qualitative study is part of a broader study that explored how adjunct foreign English-language teachers (AFELT) in the Japanese university sector conceptualize their role against the backdrop of internationalization. Forty-three teachers across a range of universities participated in this study. The results report on AFELT perceptions of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
