Mapping English Language Teacher-Researchers’ Collaboration and Networking Practices Throughout Their Professional Paths
Configuración de las prácticas de colaboración y de trabajo en red de los profesores-investigadores de la enseñanza del inglés en sus trayectorias profesionales
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https://doi.org/10.15446/profile.v25n1.94340Keywords:
collaboration, English language teaching, networking, teacher-researchers (en)colaboración, enseñanza del inglés, profesores investigadores, redes (es)
This article reports the findings of a multiple case study that identifies and describes the collaboration and networking practices of four Mexican English language teaching professionals belonging to two MA cohorts: 2005–2007 and 2007–2009. For two years, curriculum vitae analysis, maps, and in-depth interviews were used to collect data on these professionals’ paths. Three dimensions were examined: teaching, organization, and research, as well as levels of involvement in these professional activities, which construct and shape participants’ collaboration and networking practices. The findings revealed that each teacher-researcher’s agency was directly related to their capitalization of diverse strategies in each dimension and how this, in turn, configured their engagement in the English language teaching community or other communities.
Este artículo reporta los hallazgos de un estudio de caso múltiple que identifica y describe las prácticas de colaboración y de trabajo en red de cuatro profesionales mexicanos de la enseñanza del inglés de dos cohortes de maestría: 2005–2007 y 2007–2009. Durante dos años, se utilizaron curriculum vitae, mapas y entrevistas a profundidad para recolectar datos sobre sus trayectorias profesionales. Se examinaron tres dimensiones: docencia, organización e investigación, así como la participación en actividades profesionales que construyen y moldean prácticas de colaboración y de trabajo en red. Los resultados revelan que la agencia de los participantes está relacionada con la aplicación de diversas estrategias en cada dimensión y cómo esto a su vez configura sus compromisos con la comunidad de enseñanza del inglés o con otras comunidades.
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