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Abstract
This article reports on a study of the professional identity of expatriate teachers working in an international school in Malaysia. It examines the practical, cultural and professional challenges they experienced as they transitioned to an international school setting. Their experiences of curricular, organisational and cultural change are explored, and the impact of these on their professional identity is analysed. Also explored is the importance of a professional community with shared norms to maintaining a continued identity in the face of change.
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Author biography
Lucy Bailey is Assistant Professor in Education at the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus. She has previously worked as a teacher and lecturer in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Denmark and the Czech Republic. Her research interests include international schooling, gender, discourse analysis and teachers’ working lives.
