MacDonald, J;
(2016)
The Margins as Third Space: EAP Teacher Professionalism in Canadian Universities.
TESL Canada Journal
, 34
(1)
pp. 106-116.
10.18806/tesl.v34i1.1258.
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Abstract
Teachers of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in the Canadian university se ing o en experience professional marginalization in terms of lack of status, clarity of mandate, or administrative home within their institutions. Despite hav- ing broadly bene ed the ESL/EAL sector in Canada, traditional trait-focused professionalization efforts have been less effective at countering this marginalization of EAP teachers within our universities. However, these margins could be reimagined as a pedagogically innovative space for some university EAP teachers to de ne their professionalism in terms not of what they are, but what they do. Recharacterizing the margins as a third space (Whitchurch, 2008) could allow a degree of freedom for EAP teachers to best exercise their professionalism on their own terms: a postmodern professionalism focused on engagement, service, and collaboration. Les enseignants d’anglais académique en milieu universitaire canadien se retrouvent souvent marginalisés sur le plan professionnel quant à leur statut, à la clarté de leur mandat ou à leur niche administrative au sein de leur établissement. Les e orts traditionnels relatifs aux développement professionnel des enseignants visent des traits et, si leurs bienfaits se sont fait largement ressentir dans le secteur canadien de l’ALS/ALA, ils ont moins bien réussi à contrer ce e marginali- sation des enseignants d’anglais académique dans nos universités. Toutefois, ces frontières pourraient être repensées comme des espaces pédagogiques novateurs où des enseignants d’anglais académique à l’université dé nissent leur professionna- lisme, pas en termes de ce qu’ils sont, mais en termes de ce qu’ils font. La requalification des frontières comme un troisième espace (Whitchurch, 2008) pourrait créer un niveau de liberté perme ant aux enseignants d’anglais académique de me re en pratique leur professionnalisme à leur manière : un professionnalisme postmoderne axé sur l’engagement, le service et la collaboration.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | The Margins as Third Space: EAP Teacher Professionalism in Canadian Universities |
DOI: | 10.18806/tesl.v34i1.1258 |
Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.18806/tesl.v34i1.1258 |
Language: | English |
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Keywords: | professionalism, English for academic purposes (EAP), university, higher education, third space, marginalization |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Culture, Communication and Media |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10095128 |
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