Teacher Socialization of EFL Teachers at Public School Levels in Central Mexico

This study aimed at exploring theprocesses of teacher socialization and identity formation of nine English as aforeign language teachers at public schools in central Mexico. These teachersbegan their careers in the National English Program in Basic Education. Qualitativeresearch and narrative inquir...

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Autores: M. Martha Lengeling, Irasema Mora Pablo, Blanca Lucía Barrios Gasca
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:México
Institución:Universidad de Guanajuato
Repositorio:Redalyc-UG
OAI Identifier:oai:redalyc.org:169248921004
Acceso en línea:https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=169248921004
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1692/169248921004/
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https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1692/169248921004/169248921004.epub
https://www.redalyc.org/journal/1692/169248921004/movil
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Educación
identity
EFL teachers
imagined communities
teacher socialization
Descripción
Sumario:This study aimed at exploring theprocesses of teacher socialization and identity formation of nine English as aforeign language teachers at public schools in central Mexico. These teachersbegan their careers in the National English Program in Basic Education. Qualitativeresearch and narrative inquiry were used as a basis for this research. The datarevealed that the teachers’ socialization was somewhat informal in that littlewas required from them to gain entrance into the program. Once teaching, theparticipants dealt with challenges in their teaching contexts and the program. Fromthese challenges, the teachers were able to make decisions concerning theirfuture as teachers, forming and imagining their identity.