Post-pandemic Teacher Learning and Identities in an International Professional Learning Community


Taşdemir Şit H., Karaman A. C.

ATEE 2023 Wînter Conference, Braga, Portekiz, 26 - 28 Ekim 2023

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Yayınlanmadı
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Braga
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Portekiz
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Focusing on an international professional learning community of teachers participating in a post-graduate program in TESOL following the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, this study explores how participants reflect on teaching during the pandemic and discuss post-pandemic shifts in their teaching philosophies, professional development, and identities. Coming from diverse backgrounds, participants engage in comparative reflections with the goal of understanding challenges and practices from their home country educational settings.  The findings report on the international teachers’ experiences regarding (i) teaching during COVID-19 in terms of support they received, time and personal/professional life management issues in their home countries, (ii) post-pandemic shifts in their teaching philosophies, professional development, and identities and (iii) their professional learning both as a result of remote teaching in various international contexts and their participation in the hybrid post-graduate program.