Re-Signifying Teacher Epistemologies Through Lesson Planning: A Study on Language Student Teachers

This paper reports the findings of a narrative study on language student teachers’ epistemological re-configurations through lesson planning in a private university in Bogota, Colombia. The study aimed at exploring the possible forms of professional yet personal–local knowledge two language student...

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Main Authors: Diego F. Ubaque-Casallas, Edgar Aguirre-Garzón
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Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2020-07-01
Series:Profile: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/profile/article/view/80687
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description This paper reports the findings of a narrative study on language student teachers’ epistemological re-configurations through lesson planning in a private university in Bogota, Colombia. The study aimed at exploring the possible forms of professional yet personal–local knowledge two language student teachers encounter and produce when they plan language lessons. We employed the life story interviewing to gather information on the subjective essence of the participant’s experiences in their teacher practicum. Findings suggest that through lesson planning, language student teachers manage to re-signify certain methodological yet hegemonic constructions of teaching and learning. Furthermore, their knowledge of themselves as teachers in relation to their practicum is shaped by circumstances they face in the process of planning and teaching lessons.
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foreign language teaching
lesson planning
student teachers
teacher epistemology
teacher identity
teaching practicum
title Re-Signifying Teacher Epistemologies Through Lesson Planning: A Study on Language Student Teachers
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title_short Re-Signifying Teacher Epistemologies Through Lesson Planning: A Study on Language Student Teachers
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student teachers
teacher epistemology
teacher identity
teaching practicum
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