REFLECTIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF TEACHERS’ IDENTITY

Business Administration

As emerging technologies advance rapidly and shift, teachers are challenged to improve their thought and practice to instill critical minds to take an active part in the knowledge-based society. In reality, students need to learn the required skills of the 21st century that will enable them to succeed for today's economy. According to the Educational Testing Service ( ETS) (2007), the learning skills of the 21st century apply to the capability of a) gathering and/or retrieving information, b) organizing and handling information, c) evaluating the consistency, importance and usefulness of information, and d) producing correct information by utilizing established tools. To this end, the identity of teachers has been further challenged, leading to debates and questions about their position. The central goals of today's teacher education are what knowledge do teachers need to learn and what their belief and how they can fulfill their professional development are. In order to help teachers and educating students understand their role and conception of learning in education in the 21st century, this article aims at exploring teachers' identity.

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