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Posada-Ortiz, Julia – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This article reports on a doctoral research that sought to unveil the identities present in the communities to which four English as a foreign language preservice teachers belong. The study was carried out with a decolonial perspective that included an interepistemic dialogue among narrative inquiry, narrative pedagogy, and the indigenous research…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers
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Pérez-Gracia, Elisa; Serrano-Rodríguez, Rocío; Pontes-Pedrajas, Alfonso – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This study explores the beliefs of English as a foreign language preservice secondary education teachers regarding the construction of teachers' professional identity. A questionnaire was used to obtain the opinions of 131 future teachers in the 2014-2020 academic years. Results showed that the participants understood teachers' professional…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Student Attitudes, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
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Peynado, Cristian Camilo; Morales-Triviño, María Camila; Castañeda-Trujillo, Jairo Enrique – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2022
This article analyzes the experiences of two preservice English language teachers within their bachelor's degree and their pedagogical practicum through a collaborative autoethnography. The authors discuss their empowerment as a contributing agent to the field of English language teaching and address issues such as methodologies, mentor teachers,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Autobiographies, Ethnography, Preservice Teachers
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Fajardo Castañeda, J. Alberto – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2014
This study aims to investigate how pre-service teachers construct their professional identities from the interplay between participation in a teacher community and their systems of knowledge and beliefs. A group of six Colombian pre-service teachers in the final stage of their five-year teacher education programme were the research participants.…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Professional Identity, Foreign Countries, Teacher Characteristics
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Castellanos Jaimes, Judith – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2013
This paper presents a review of studies on pre-service teachers' beliefs about teaching. The purpose of the article is to show teacher educators the relevance of exploring such issue in the classroom. Preservice teachers come into the teaching profession with beliefs about teaching; sometimes they are aware of them, other times they are not. The…
Descriptors: Role, Preservice Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Course Content