TY - JOUR
T1 - Identity in activity: Examining teacher professional identity formation in the paired-placement of student teachers
AU - Dang, Thi Kim Anh
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper examines the evolution of the professional identities of student teachers (STs) in a paired-placement teaching practicum in Vietnam. The study draws on activity theory, its notion of contradiction, and Vygotsky s concepts of ZPD and perezhivanie, to identify the factors driving the intricate learning process. Opportunities for learning were initially manifested in conflicts within the teacher pair, for example negotiation of their multiple identities, as friends, students and teachers in training. However, within the framework of planned and supervised collaboration, the STs resolved most of their conflicts constructively and experienced qualitative development in their teaching identities
AB - This paper examines the evolution of the professional identities of student teachers (STs) in a paired-placement teaching practicum in Vietnam. The study draws on activity theory, its notion of contradiction, and Vygotsky s concepts of ZPD and perezhivanie, to identify the factors driving the intricate learning process. Opportunities for learning were initially manifested in conflicts within the teacher pair, for example negotiation of their multiple identities, as friends, students and teachers in training. However, within the framework of planned and supervised collaboration, the STs resolved most of their conflicts constructively and experienced qualitative development in their teaching identities
UR - http://goo.gl/Mst1CY
U2 - 10.1016/j.tate.2012.10.006
DO - 10.1016/j.tate.2012.10.006
M3 - Article
VL - 30
SP - 47
EP - 59
JO - Teaching and Teacher Education
JF - Teaching and Teacher Education
SN - 0742-051X
ER -