Teacher professional identity is widely acknowledged as a multi-dimensional dynamic evolving concept contributing to teachers’ self-perception about their professional roles. This qualitative study aimed to explore how different instructional settings of teaching English as a foreign language in Iran impacted on teachers’ professional identities in a comparative way. To this end, 25 English tea...

In this paper, we report the analysis of thought processes used by Pre-Service Teachers’ (PSTs’) through clinical interviews as they solved an algebra task involving a linear pattern. The PST’s were asked about mathematical model had constructed to describe pattern problem. Our suggests that conflict factors arise due incompatibility in participants’ personal concept definition and formal conti...

It’s time to prepare teachers to take the plunge to teach in virtual worlds. Students are already there and their teachers need to follow. Unfortunately, teachers are often resistant to change their teaching practice, especially regarding the use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) such as virtual worlds. The authors report on the experience of a cohort of pre-service teachers who...