Who am I? Teacher identities and the PGR tutor

Authors

  • Evelyn Strongylakou University of Warwick

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31273/jppp.vol2.2022.1227

Keywords:

teacher identity, GTA, teacher reflection, PGRs who teach

Abstract

This reflective piece is meant to produce more questions than answers. It can be used as a framework both by PGRs who enter a classroom for the first time and by more experienced ones. PGRs who teach will often question their role inside the classroom: “am I a teacher or a facilitator? which side of the fence am I at? Am I one of the students or one of the teachers?” Questions like these usually arise from the ambiguity of a tutor’s role, whether they are there to facilitate understanding of a lesson that someone else taught, or if they are actually the teacher of this module for a specific group of students. Being a teacher for a few years before pursuing a PhD, I found myself wondering the exact same thing when I first entered the classroom as a PGR tutor. In this written piece, I briefly go through the literature on teacher roles and identity, and I reflect on how my previous experience helped inform my identity as a PGR tutor.

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Author Biography

Evelyn Strongylakou, University of Warwick

My research focuses on political legitimacy in ‘less-than-perfect’ democracies. I am particularly interested in the construction of national identities and how these lead to a shared understanding of a ruler’s legitimacy. In my spare time, I reflect on and write about critical pedagogy and global social issues. 

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Published

2022-10-17