Why Some Graduating Language Teachers Do Not Teach: Exploring the Identity Construction Experiences of Preservice English Teachers in Hong Kong
vendredi 31 mai 2019 à 11:45–12:15 CDT add to calendar
Summit
Session Type
Paper (25 minutes)
Program Summary
This presentation addresses the issue of teacher attrition by exploring the identity construction experiences of English language student teachers in Hong Kong who, upon graduation, chose not to teach. Ways in which teacher educators can support student teachers’ identity construction to retain high quality language teacher education graduates are discussed.