Teacher agency and professional learning in cross-cultural teaching contexts: Accounts of Chinese teachers from international schools in Hong Kong |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Foreign Studies, Anhui University, No.111, Jiulong Rd. Hefei, Anhui Province 230601, China;2. Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China;1. Department of Teacher Education, University of Turku, 20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland;2. Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS), University of Turku, 20014 Turun yliopisto, Finland |
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| Abstract: | This study examined how teacher agency shaped professional learning in cross-cultural teaching contexts. Interviews with 14 Chinese language teachers showed that teacher agency varied in different dimensions of professional learning. Social suggestions, power relations, teachers' professional and social positioning and the imposed identity and social roles in the school contexts interacted to shape teacher agency. The findings suggest both creating school cultures and structures that value and share diverse discursive and pedagogical practices and managing teachers' professional identity and self-positioning to enhance teachers' agency to engage in mutual learning and remaking of their work practices. |
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| Keywords: | Teacher agency Professional learning Internationalization of education Teacher professional development |
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