EFL In-service teachers' identity as teacher-researchers : a narrative study of professional growth in a master's program.

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dc.contributor.advisorAyala Zárate, Jairspa
dc.contributor.advisorMoreno García, Nohora Patriciaspa
dc.contributor.authorGarcia Benavides, Catalinaspa
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-20T20:49:06Z
dc.date.available2026-03-20T20:49:06Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractEste estudio explora la construcción de la identidad de un grupo de profesores colombianos de inglés como lengua extranjera en ejercicio como investigadores durante su búsqueda de un máster en la Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (UPN). Utilizando un enfoque de investigación narrativa, el estudio captura e interpreta las narrativas de los participantes para comprender sus experiencias en la construcción de su identidad como docentes-investigadores. Se recogieron datos mediante entrevistas narrativas semiestructuradas, un grupo focal y una encuesta abierta, y se analizaron utilizando un enfoque narrativo temático. Los resultados revelan que, aunque el programa de máster fomenta la participación en la investigación, surgen tensiones entre las expectativas académicas y la realidad de los profesores. Esta investigación contribuye a comprender cómo se desarrolla la identidad de los profesores de inglés como lengua extranjera a través de la investigación, pero también destaca la necesidad de alinear mejor las expectativas de la investigación con las experiencias docentes reales de los profesores para un crecimiento profesional más significativo.spa
dc.description.abstractenglishThis study explores the professional identity construction of a group of Colombian EFL inservice teachers as teacher-researchers during their participation in a master’s program at Universidad Pedagógica Nacional (UPN). Drawing on a narrative inquiry approach, the study captures teachers’ lived accounts to interpret how they negotiate their identities within academic and classroom contexts. Data were collected through semi-structured narrative interviews, a focus group, and an open-ended survey, and analyzed using a thematic narrative approach. Findings reveal that teachers’ identities are under constant construction, shaped by reflection, collaboration, and classroom-based problem solving, yet often constrained by the formal demands of academic research. While the program provided opportunities for transformation and engagement with research, tensions emerged between institutional expectations and the teachers’ own understandings of inquiry.eng
dc.description.degreelevelMaestríaspa
dc.description.degreenameMagister en Enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjerasspa
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dc.identifier.instnameinstname:Universidad Pedagógica Nacionalspa
dc.identifier.reponamereponame: Repositorio Institucional UPNspa
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12209/22260
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversidad Pedagógica Nacionalspa
dc.publisher.facultyFacultad de Humanidadesspa
dc.publisher.programMaestría en Enseñanza de Lenguas Extranjeras con énfasis en Inglés/Francésspa
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dc.subjectIdentidad profesional del profesor de EFL en serviciospa
dc.subjectDesarrollo profesionalspa
dc.subject.keywordsTeacher-researchereng
dc.subject.keywordsProfessional EFL in-service teacher identityeng
dc.subject.keywordsProfessional developmenteng
dc.titleEFL In-service teachers' identity as teacher-researchers : a narrative study of professional growth in a master's program.eng
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