<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Educating teachers for sustainability requires that teachers be considered as the mediators of change. To achieve this goal, a constructive teacher-learner relationship is essential where values and ethicality play a crucial role. Investigating language teachersí moral identity as an important aspect of teacher cognition can yield useful insights into the kind of relationship which is congenial to the desired whole-person development. The present qualitative study intended to explore the nature of moral dilemmas in language classes and teachersí criterial beliefs in responding to these dilemmatic situations. A systematic coding analysis of the recorded interviews with eight Iranian experienced EFL teachers revealed that they encountered moral dilemmas in both disciplinary and educational aspects of the teaching process. They referred to their knowledge, experience, intuitive sense as well as the teaching context and learnersí history as sources of their moral judgment. The findings on teachersí moral identity uphold implications for teacher education.</p></abstract>

Educating teachers for sustainability requires that teachers be considered as the mediators of change. To achieve this goal, a constructive teacher-learner relationship is essential where values and ethicality play a crucial role. Investigating language teachersí moral identity as an important aspect of teacher cognition can yield useful insights into the kind of relationship which is congenial to the desired whole-person development. The present qualitative study intended to explore the nature of moral dilemmas in language classes and teachersí criterial beliefs in responding to these dilemmatic situations. A systematic coding analysis of the recorded interviews with eight Iranian experienced EFL teachers revealed that they encountered moral dilemmas in both disciplinary and educational aspects of the teaching process. They referred to their knowledge, experience, intuitive sense as well as the teaching context and learnersí history as sources of their moral judgment. The findings on teachersí moral identity uphold implications for teacher education.

Exploring EFL Teachers’ Moral Identity: The Case of Iranian Teachers

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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Educating teachers for sustainability requires that teachers be considered as the mediators of change. To achieve this goal, a constructive teacher-learner...

Exploring EFL Teachers’ Moral Identity: The Case of Iranian Teachers

Published Online: Jul 16, 2020

Page range: 111 - 123

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2020-0009

Keywords
teacher cognition, moral dilemmas, moral identity, sustainability, EFL

© 2020 Davoud Amini et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Exploring EFL Teachers’ Moral Identity: The Case of Iranian Teachers

Published Online: Jul 16, 2020

Page range: 111 - 123

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2020-0009

Keywordsteacher cognition, moral dilemmas, moral identity, sustainability, EFL

© 2020 Davoud Amini et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
teacher cognition, moral dilemmas, moral identity, sustainability, EFL