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Gao, Xuesong – Teacher Development, 2010
As English is now promoted as an academic subject in primary and secondary schools in China, creating an enormous demand for qualified English teachers, there is a need to understand English teachers' motivation and commitment to the teaching career. In this paper, the author reports on a biographical study of 12 teachers who taught in schools in…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Rural Areas, Foreign Countries, English Teachers
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Gao, Xuesong – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
The paper explores the issue of teachers' professional vulnerability using a range of messages from an online teachers' community on the Chinese mainland. The study reveals how macro changes at policy level impact on teachers' professional relationships and in turn their professional identities in teacher discussants' perceptions. Furthermore, the…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy