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ABSTRACT
In the context of global mobility research, this study explores agency and identity formation among mid-career teachers who travel abroad to experience teaching in a new country. We conducted in-depth interviews with 16 Israeli teachers and examined their retrospective narratives of their teaching experience. Our findings reveal a complex nexus of identity and agency, whereby identity formation echoes agency choices. We conceptualise forms of agency and point to possible connections between agency types and their use in identity formation. We conclude that under circumstances of rapid change, agency plays an important role in identity formation.
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Notes
1. The notion of agency implies various meanings. For the purpose of this paper, agency ‘denotes a quality of the engagement of actors with temporal-relational contexts-for-action, not a quality of the actors themselves’ (Biesta et al., Citation2015, p. 626).
2. In this paper we define the Jewish Diaspora as any Jewish community residing out of the State of Israel.
3. Since 2011, the Department of Emissary Teachers has been part of the World Zionist Organization.
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Itamar Rosenfeld
Itamar Rosenfeld is a Phd. candidate in Tel Aviv University, School of Education. He research globalisation in education, teachers agency and Identity formation in the context of international experience.
Miri Yemini
Miri Yemini is a comparative education scholar in Tel Aviv University, Scholl of Education. She works on topics related to globalisation in education. She serves as Joint Editor of International Studies og Sociology of Education.
Dan Mamlok
Dan Mamlok is Lecturer (Asistant Professor) in the School of Education at Tel Aviv University. His primary areas of scholarship include philosophy of education, sosiocaltural studies of education, technology in education, and aesthetic education.