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Understanding the world of teaching: English teaching assistants' journey to role realization

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posted on 2023-05-17, 14:10 authored by Gube, JCC, Phillipson, S
This study explored the role realization journey of 11 English Teaching Assistants (ETAs) in Hong Kong. Their journey is framed through the lenses of Shulman’s (1987) teaching elements of content pedagogical knowledge, knowledge of learners and their characteristics, and knowledge of educational contexts. Data from four different inquiry methods were analyzed and triangulated to map out the journey of the ETAs. During this journey, the ETAs were faced with demands for content knowledge and teaching whilst encountering educational and cultural differences in terms of students’ learning styles and working environment. The ETAs perceived these experiences as shaping their role as supportive teachers, but hoped for structured professional development to enhance their preparedness and credibility – an implication for teaching assistant training. Fundamentally, the ETAs’ readiness to embrace their role as teaching assistants through the many faces of culture, experiences and challenges surmounts their journey to understand the world of teaching.

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Publication title

Journal of Research in Education

Volume

21

Article number

11

Number

11

Pagination

133-155

ISSN

1083-6470

Department/School

Faculty of Education

Publisher

Eastern Educational Research Association

Place of publication

online

Rights statement

Copyright 2011 Eastern Educational Research Association

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Teacher and instructor development

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