Coping with teacher professional identity tensions: using TPACK during global crisis time
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Sudden teachers’ transition to an online context has remarkably influenced their professional identity construction. However, little is known about the tensions English Language Teachers (ELTs) experience during this shift. The present study examined ELTs’ identity tensions in online courses, the relevant coping strategies, teachers’ TPACK level and its relationship with their professional identity development. The data were collected through a TPACK/teacher identity questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Descriptive data analysis revealed that teachers had a high level of TPACK with moderate technological knowledge. The teacher identity analysis indicated that the teachers reported institutional, pedagogical, and sociocultural tensions with varying degrees. Likewise, the qualitative analysis revealed similar tensions, including low access to basic infrastructure and professional support, greater responsibility, top-down online policies, etc. The teachers also reported various coping strategies for these tensions. The study concluded with pedagogical implications for policymakers, administrators, and teacher educators. To support English language teachers’ professionalism, there is a need to rethink policies, facilities, and contextual factors and promote effective technology integration into course content and pedagogies.
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Empirical evidence shows that higher levels of TPACK associate with stronger PI.
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From AI teaching innovation behavior among college teachers: a structural equation modeling analysis based on the AI-TPACK framework, teaching self-efficacy, professional identity, and AI literacy (2026) · cites this paper as Golzar et al., 2023
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“For example, Golzar et al. (2023) found positive associations between all TPACK dimensions and teachers’ PI.”
From AI teaching innovation behavior among college teachers: a structural equation modeling analysis based on the AI-TPACK framework, teaching self-efficacy, professional identity, and AI literacy (2026) · cites this paper as Golzar et al., 2023
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- Authors
- Golzar, J., Sarwarzada, T., & Miri, M. A.
- Affiliations
- Herat University (AF)
- Independent Researcher
- Corresponding author
- Golzar, Jawad
- Venue
- Journal of Language, Identity & Education
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2023-11-28
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1208-1226
- ISSN
- 1532-7701 (ISSN-L)
- 1534-8458
- OpenAlex
- W4389084372
- Cited by
- 16
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 7 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 4
- FWCI
- 11.86
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Language Identity & Education (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
- Social Sciences › Education › Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Keywords
- teacher identity, identity tensions, TPACK, English teachers, online learning, COVID-19 pandemic, coping strategies, institutional tensions, pedagogical tensions, technology integration, teacher professionalism
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