Social media, academics' identity work and the good teacher

Liz Bennett

doi:10.1080/1360144X.2017.1305961

Social media, academics' identity work and the good teacher

Liz Bennett

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Abstract

Focussing on academics’ professional identity, this paper analyses the challenges academics experience when adopting new technologies in their pedagogical practices. Notions of ‘economies of performance’ and ‘ecologies of practice’ as well as the concept of liminality are employed to understand this identity work. The paper illustrates how academics welcomed the potential of the web, despite the possible challenge to their authority. The paper argues that the process of changing pedagogical practices is experienced as risky and uncertain by some academics, and that it is a commitment to being a ‘good teacher’ that helped these academics to overcome these feelings.

Language	English
Pages	245-256
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal for Academic Development
Volume	22
Issue number	3
Early online date	31 Mar 2017
DOIs	10.1080/1360144X.2017.1305961
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Bennett, L. (2017). Social media, academics' identity work and the good teacher. International Journal for Academic Development, 22(3), 245-256. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2017.1305961

Bennett, Liz. / Social media, academics' identity work and the good teacher. In: International Journal for Academic Development. 2017 ; Vol. 22, No. 3. pp. 245-256.

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