Acknowledgments; Foreword; Epitaph; 1 Introduction; 2 The Japanese Context; 3 Knowledge, Beliefs and Identity; 4 The Participants and the Data Collection; 5 Developing Professional Identity; 6 It's a Man's World; 7 Teaching is What I 'Do', Not Who I Am; 8 Conclusion; References; Name Index; Subject Index
Summary
This book examines the professional identities of a highly influential group of English language teachers in Japan: Japanese university English teachers. It focuses on how relatively new teachers develop their professional identities, how gender impacts the professional identities of female professors, and how teaching practices and beliefs reflect personal and professional identity
