Language Teacher Recognition

Alison Stewart is Professor of English Education at Gakushuin University, Japan. Her research interests include language teaching and identity and language teacher associations.

• IntroductionChapter 1. Researching Language Teacher Identity                           Chapter 2. The Changing Japanese Context                         Chapter 3. Investment and RecognitionChapter 4. Language Teacher Group Identity      Chapter 5. Careers, Work, MoralityChapter 6. Different PerspectivesChapter 7. Conclusions

Stewart’s book goes where previous language teacher identity books have not gone, focusing on an under-researched group, Filipino English teachers in Japan, while adopting an identity politics perspective which draws on the work of scholars such as Alex Honneth and Charles Taylor. Extremely well written, it is a must-read for anyone interested in language teacher identity.