Identity and Agency Development in a CLIL-based Teacher Education Program

Authors

  • Josephine Moate
  • Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty

Keywords:

CLIL teacher education, ecological perspective, identity, agency

Abstract

A consensus exists in applied linguistics that agency and identity are key concepts in understanding teacher development. Although a large body of research has focused on studying language teacher and learner identity and agency separately, less attention has been paid to the relationship of these concepts in individual development. In this contribution, we use an ecological perspective to explore and illustrate the interplay between and development of agency and identity. The participants in the study were primary school teacher students specializing in foreign language pedagogy for younger learners and studying in a CLIL-based teacher education program. The qualitative data were collected through reflective essays focusing on the Finnish student teachers’ past, present, and future relationships with the English language during different phases of their bachelor’s studies.

Published

2020-09-20

How to Cite

Moate, J., & Ruohotie-Lyhty, M. (2020). Identity and Agency Development in a CLIL-based Teacher Education Program. JOURNAL FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF LANGUAGE LEARNING, 2(2), 92-106. Retrieved from https://www.jpll.org/index.php/journal/article/view/34

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): Special Issue: The Psychology of Teaching and Learning Content & Language

Section

Research Articles

Copyright (c) 2020 Josephine Moate, Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty

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