Teaching in secondary education is mostly grounded in the practical wisdom of teachers. In general, teachers have limited knowledge of, access to, and interest in insights from scholarly work. Teacher research might be a way to move beyond practical wisdom as the only basis for good teaching. This study aimed to explore whether teacher research…

In educational reform initiatives worldwide and in Singapore, educators are increasingly encouraged to take ownership of their work through involvement in practitioner inquiry and evaluation efforts to transform teaching and learning. Educators' epistemological beliefs -- their view of knowledge and knowing -- play a critical role as they learn to…

The number of English learners (ELs) in secondary classrooms in U.S. schools is growing rapidly. Much of the responsibility for teaching ELs lies with secondary content-area teachers. However, scarce attention has been paid to secondary content-area teachers as teachers of ELs. Drawing on positioning theory, this qualitative study aimed to examine…

We examined the integration of knowledge building community culture within a group of preschool teachers and its impact on their identities and practices. We traced how this group of preschool teachers came together as an online knowledge building community (KBC) and explored knowledge building (KB) practice during home-based learning caused by…

This paper presents a systematic review of 37 empirical studies that explored English teacher identity, and its formation through classroom practices from 1997 to 2020. After excluding 26 non-relevant studies from 63 articles, the remaining research has been analyzed through a systematic process to get salient themes that can be best cognized in…

This study advances our understanding of the role social studies methods courses can play in supporting pre-service teachers' development of their awareness of civic identities. Specifically, this study examines the use of interactive civic activities in developing preservice teachers' awareness of how their civic identities shape their social…

Occluded genres in academia work "behind the scenes" to support and develop an academic's professional identity. However, while significant attention has been paid to occluded genres that support an academic's identity as a researcher, very little scholarship examines how occlusion operates in genres of pedagogy, such as the syllabus,…

In this performative text a narrative arts-based approach is used to explore the connections between educator identity and the current issues arising in the broader South African higher education landscape. Written as a fictional narrative it is an exploration of some of my experiences at the University of the Free State between 2014 and 2016. The…

Many librarians work in public libraries to make a difference for children, families, and communities and identify family and community engagement as a cornerstone of their responsibilities. For librarians to be successful they must be afforded strong foundations in family and community engagement that begin early in their preparation. Yet little…

This paper explores teacher' "identity" as two teachers talk about teaching mathematics in classrooms situated within two different contexts of learning--mainstream and alternative. Employing a form of discourse analysis framed within a participation approach to learning, this paper describes teacher identity in terms of the norms and…