How do mathematics teachers present themselves? The construct of identity–the stories mathematics teachers tell about themselves and their practice–is an important and understudied construct in understanding mathematics teaching. This study investigates the use of photo-elicitation/photovoice interviews with six high school algebra teachers. Each teacher captured or chose photographs of their “world”, then presented them during a formal interview. The teachers framed their mathematics teacher identity through three connected story types: Public Stories, the stories a teacher presents about their practice within a professional register, Private Stories, the stories about personal connections to practice shared only in closed spaces, and Touchstone Stories, the important stories a teacher constantly references but rarely shares. I found these teachers’ stories contained little about mathematics content or actual classroom practice. Rather, they positioned the teachers as isolated in their profession; the themes were about pain, being “othered”, or feeling powerless. Framing the identities of these six mathematics teachers through visual stories presented them as real, struggling humans. I posit this process of eliciting mathematics teaching identity through visual narrative is important to the field of mathematics education for three reasons: framing their identities helps mathematics teachers understand the complex lives of their own students, these narratives showcase the uniqueness of each mathematics teacher as an individual, and this process of telling stories is an empowering form of reflection. / text

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Para isso, foi delimitado como objeto de pesquisa as narrativas de experiências leitoras de um grupo de nove professores dos cursos de licenciatura do Departamento de Educação – Campus X da Universidade do Estado da Bahia. Para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa, foi feita a opção pela concepção qualitativa na perspectiva da História de Vida. Os registros de narrativas resultantes das entrevistas semiestruturadas foram analisados com base na Análise de Discurso francesa, por considerar que o discurso não é constituído aleatoriamente, mas a partir do entrecruzamento constante das posições sociais que o sujeito ocupa ou já ocupou nas relações sociais de que participa. Cada narrativa revelou o percurso de constituição de leitor de cada professor colaborador, as suas interpretações, além dos sentidos atribuídos por eles às experiências leitoras vividas em um determinado período da vida. A singularidade e pluralidade das narrativas forneceram-nos pistas significativas sobre a constituição do sujeito-leitor. Em cada narrativa, foi objeto de destaque as pessoas lembradas, as instituições sociais e as diversas práticas leitoras experimentadas em cada instituição, além do gosto e das leituras realizadas hoje pelos professores. Ao concluirmos essa pesquisa, podemos afirmar que, para que se tenham efetivas melhorias na educação é preciso conhecer o sujeito - professor, a sua história, o seu jeito de ver e de se relacionar com o mundo. Isso se torna necessário uma vez que por meio do conhecimento das histórias de vida e formação dos professores, é possível conhecer, analisar, refletir e propor estratégias para superar problemas que há anos afligem o cotidiano da educação brasileira. Para se constituir leitor, não há o caminho a ser seguido, mas um a ser traçado de acordo com a história de vida da pessoa. Assim como não existe um percurso único para se constituir humano, cada ser, cada leitor é único, é múltiplo, é diferenciado. Essa é a beleza de ser humano, de ser leitor da vida que deve ser lida e sentida de diferentes maneiras, em diferentes contextos. / ABSTRACT This thesis aims at knowing, analyzing and establishing relationships between reading experiences, conceptions of reading and the constitution of the reader subject. Therefore, it was defined as the research object the narratives of a reading experience group of nine teachers of undergraduate courses in the Department of Education - Campus X at University of Bahia. For the research development, a qualitative conception in the perspective on the history of Life was chosen. The narrative records from the semi-structured interviews were analyzed based on French Discourse Analysis, considering that the speech is not made randomly, but from the constant intertwining of social positions that the subject occupies or has occupied in the social relations that he participates. Each narrative showed the reader constitution course of each contributor teacher, their interpretations, besides the meanings attributed by them to the reading experiences lived in a particular period of life. The uniqueness and plurality of narratives provided us significant clues about the constitution of the reader-subject. In each narrative the reminded people, the social institutions and the various reading practices experienced in each institution, besides the taste and the readings taken by teachers today were object of spotlight. Concluding this research, we can claim that, to have effective improvements in education it is necessary to know the individual became a professor his story, his way of seeing and relating to the world. This becomes necessary because through the knowledge of life histories and teacher training, it is possible to understand, analyze, consider and propose strategies to overcome problems that for years have been affecting the Brazilian education. To constitute the reader, there is no path to follow, but one to be made according to the person’s history of life. Just as there is no single path to be human formed, every being, every single reader, is multiple, is different. That is the beauty of human being, to be the reader of the life that must be read and perceived in different ways, in different contexts.

Globalization and English-language predominance situate English teachers as increasingly influential mediators of both language and culture. In the iconic multicultural hub of Ontario, Canada, teachers work within a causal nexus of social theories of language, the information and communication technologies revolution, and unprecedented global interdependency. Changes in English curriculum reflect these trends, from references to “global citizenship,” to stress on “intercultural communication,” “cultural sensitivity,” and Information and Communication Technology (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2007). Delegated gatekeepers of both linguistic and critical literacies, and facing new questions about the purposes and priorities of their discipline, Ontario English teachers must negotiate the divide between an inherited curriculum and the impacts of sociocultural transformation on changing literacy needs. To contribute to a professional dialogue about teaching English in a multicultural society and global age, this thesis presents findings from interviews with fifteen Ontario secondary English teachers. The focal question, “How is English changing?” introduces a range of pressing issues, such as: displacing the canon, practicing intercultural communication, balancing a democratic discourse, or “common culture,” with respect for diverse values, and managing opposing views and resistance to English curriculum change. The data reveal how English teachers across levels of experience occupy contrasting positions on the curriculum change debate. In part, this can be explained in terms of epistemological orientations. The participants represent three categories: Adaptation, Applied Research / Collaborative Inquiry, and Activism, each by turn more geared toward reconceptualizing English for social diversity and global consciousness. Beyond these classifications, the teachers reflect dissonant perceptions, sometimes personal ambivalence, on the changing role of text choice, and written and oral dialogue in the English classroom. From passionate defenses of Shakespeare, to radical measures to revamp book lists for cultural relevance, to remarkable illustrations of curriculum linked with global consciousness and civic action, the responses of the English teachers delineate zones of difficulty, change, and possibility. They help, too, to catch sight of a new horizon: the English classroom as a space for “cultural conversation” (Applebee, 1994) where canon- and teacher-centred dialogue give way to intertextual (Bakhtin, 1981; Kristeva, 1980) and intercultural (R. Young, 1996) transactions.

Globalization and English-language predominance situate English teachers as increasingly influential mediators of both language and culture. In the iconic multicultural hub of Ontario, Canada, teachers work within a causal nexus of social theories of language, the information and communication technologies revolution, and unprecedented global interdependency. Changes in English curriculum reflect these trends, from references to “global citizenship,” to stress on “intercultural communication,” “cultural sensitivity,” and Information and Communication Technology (Ontario Ministry of Education, 2007). Delegated gatekeepers of both linguistic and critical literacies, and facing new questions about the purposes and priorities of their discipline, Ontario English teachers must negotiate the divide between an inherited curriculum and the impacts of sociocultural transformation on changing literacy needs. To contribute to a professional dialogue about teaching English in a multicultural society and global age, this thesis presents findings from interviews with fifteen Ontario secondary English teachers. The focal question, “How is English changing?” introduces a range of pressing issues, such as: displacing the canon, practicing intercultural communication, balancing a democratic discourse, or “common culture,” with respect for diverse values, and managing opposing views and resistance to English curriculum change. The data reveal how English teachers across levels of experience occupy contrasting positions on the curriculum change debate. In part, this can be explained in terms of epistemological orientations. The participants represent three categories: Adaptation, Applied Research / Collaborative Inquiry, and Activism, each by turn more geared toward reconceptualizing English for social diversity and global consciousness. Beyond these classifications, the teachers reflect dissonant perceptions, sometimes personal ambivalence, on the changing role of text choice, and written and oral dialogue in the English classroom. From passionate defenses of Shakespeare, to radical measures to revamp book lists for cultural relevance, to remarkable illustrations of curriculum linked with global consciousness and civic action, the responses of the English teachers delineate zones of difficulty, change, and possibility. They help, too, to catch sight of a new horizon: the English classroom as a space for “cultural conversation” (Applebee, 1994) where canon- and teacher-centred dialogue give way to intertextual (Bakhtin, 1981; Kristeva, 1980) and intercultural (R. Young, 1996) transactions.