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interpretedbyindividualteachers.Bringingtogetherintrapersonal,interper-
sonalandinstitutionalperspectivesonlanguageteacheridentity,themodel
canbemostsuccessfullyusedtoanalysethewaysinwhichteacherscon-
structtheirprofessionalidentitiesindiscourseandpractice.Inthisway
,it
resemblesVargheseetal.’s(2005)dialecticsofidentity-in-practiceandidentity-
in-discourse,yetisenrichedbyreferencestostructureandagency.
1.3.8PullingitTogether:ADiagramforThree-ATeacherIdentityFrame-
work(3ATIF)
Psychological,sociologicalandlinguisticdimensionsofidentity,andtheba-
sicdistinctionswithinit,aswellasseveralinvestigativeframeworktools
clearlyshowthatidentityismultidimensional,allthetimeintheprocessof
beingunravelledand,despiteefforts,thereisnooneagreed-upondefinition
ofwhatitmeansexactly(Trent,2015,p.45).Nevertheless,thereissufficient
agreementaboutthecoreofthenotionforcontinuedresearchtotakeplace,
whichhasencouragedmetolookforoverlapsamongthedifferenttermsin
themodelspresentedandusethesetobuildadiagramcomprehensiveand
feasibleenoughtoserveasaninvestigativetoolforexploringlanguage
teacheridentityissuesinthefollowingchapters.Figure1-1startswiththe
identityapproachespresentedatthebeginningofthechapter.Erikson’sde-
velopmentalmodelandMead’sinteractionalmodelareplacedwithintheper-
sonalconceptofidentityasithasmaturationalunderpinningsandastable
naturethatcharacterizesallindividualsalike.Bycontrast,poststructuralist
andnarrativeanddiscursiveapproachesareassignedtothesocialidentity
conceptbecausetheyprimarilydependonthecontext.Unlikeessentialist
identityapproaches,poststructuralist,narrativeanddiscursiveapproaches
aremultifarious,hybrid,changeableandsoheavilycontext-boundthatthey
produceuniqueandtotallyunpredictableoutcomes.Yetitmustbereiter-
atedthatneitherpersonalnorsocialidentityareeverpureconstructs.These
twokindsofidentitiesfeedoneachother,whichisillustratedbythebroken
linebetweenthem.Theybothpassalongintooneprofessionalidentity,the
reasonsforwhichIindicatedbefore(see1.2.3).Eventhoughallthemain
subconceptsofMarcia’sidentitystatusesandKohlberg’smoraldevelopment
werebrieflydescribedinthecontentsofthechapter,onlytwoofthemfind
theirplaceinFigure1-1:identityachievementandpost-conventionaldevelop-
ment.Thisisduetothefactthatbothofthemconstitutethehigheststatusor
stageofprofessionaldevelopmentandpossessingthemmightprovetheat-
tainmentofthehighestdevelopmentofprofessionalidentity.
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