The COVID-19 pandemic brought unexpected challenges to the lives and professional practice of teachers regardless their institutional context. Our understanding how viewed impact on perceived sense identity is largely unexplored, especially concerning working in post-compulsory sector. This article discusses findings from a small-scale qualitative research project that aimed investigate, `what ...

Professional development and professional identity of English language teachers have usually been explored separately in the research agenda. However, there might be a nexus of relationships between professional identity and professional development in the context of English language teaching. This study, therefore, explored how professional identity might contribute to professional development...

This study explored the use of virtual world role-play activities to increase pre-service teachers’ sense of teaching efficacy and attitudes toward inclusion. These constructs are also important for teacher identity development since they influence teacher dispositions, effort, professional development and beliefs in intrinsic obligations. The activity was embedded in an undergraduate course fo...