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Understanding teacher identity through the use of eportfolios with pre-service teachers
Citation
Zhou, M., Chye, S., Koh, C., & Liu, W. C. (2013). Understanding teacher identity through the use of eportfolios with pre-service teachers. In J. Platos (Ed.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on e-Technologies and Networks for Development (pp. 20-27). Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications.
Abstract
In this study, we shared findings from selected student teachers in National Institute of Education (a teacher education institution in Singapore) who have created eportfolios that presented their learning and teaching practicum experiences. The eportfolios were constructed with the aim to document their learning journey and teaching practices, and to reflect and showcase what they have achieved. Data were extracted from their eportfolio artifacts in order to seek evidence of their teacher identity formed during this process. The main research questions addressed in this paper were: ―What type of teacher identity was reflected through pre-service teachers’ use of eportfolios?‖; and ―How their teacher identity developed in different contexts over time?‖ The paper concluded that student teachers‘ identities evolved as they went through the teacher education program. Such identity constructions are never fixed, and develop under the influence of student teachers‘ surrounding contexts and experiences.
Date Issued
2013
Description
This paper was presented at the Second International Conference on e-Technologies and Networks for Development (ICeND 2013) held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 4 - 6 March 2013