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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 245-256 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | International Journal for Academic Development |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Early online date | 31 Mar 2017 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
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Social media, academics' identity work and the good teacher. / Bennett, Liz.
In: International Journal for Academic Development, Vol. 22, No. 3, 2017, p. 245-256.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Social media, academics' identity work and the good teacher
AU - Bennett, Liz
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - identity
KW - performativity
KW - social media
KW - teaching with technology liminality
U2 - 10.1080/1360144X.2017.1305961
DO - 10.1080/1360144X.2017.1305961
M3 - Article
VL - 22
SP - 245
EP - 256
JO - International Journal for Academic Development
JF - International Journal for Academic Development
SN - 1360-144X
IS - 3
ER -