IDENTITY AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF STUDENT TEACHERS IN THE DIGITAL TEACHER OF ENGLISH PROGRAMME

• Authors: Góralczyk Natalia
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study aims to investigate the identity and attitudes towards the past, present and future of the first and second year MA students in the Digital Teacher of English specialization conducted at a university in Poland. During the academic year 2017/2018, a questionnaire administered to 30 pre-service teachers revealed that according to James Marcia's Identity Statuses, over 60% of the participants’ identity statuses were recognized as achieved, lending support to the other studies of this kind (Yunus, Malik & Zakaria, 2012; Werbińska, 2009). Furthermore, considerable insight has been gained with regard to their time-oriented attitudes.

Keywords

EN

Digital Teacher of English; identity; pre-service teacher

• Publisher: IATEFL Poland Computer Special Interest Group & University of Nicosia
• Journal: Teaching English with Technology
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 42-65

Contributors

author

Góralczyk Natalia

• Pedagogical University of Cracow

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