The role of policy reform in developing teacher educator professional competencies and identities in Vietnam: implications, tensions and possibilities

French, Amanda and Lambert, Louise and Nguyễn, Thi Hong Minh and Tran, Yen (2023) The role of policy reform in developing teacher educator professional competencies and identities in Vietnam: implications, tensions and possibilities. Practice: Contemporary Issues in Practitioner Education. ISSN 2578-3866

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Abstract

In this paper we consider a policy which was part of a larger reform movement in Vietnam, ostensibly designed to define the professional competencies of teacher-educators (TE), via a draft circular for professional standards. An initial intention to explore the impact of the circular with Vietnamese teacher-educators was reconsidered after the policy was withdrawn. Instead, we became interested in perceptions of teacher educator identity in Vietnam to locate where, within current global and local policy and practice landscapes, a professional standards framework would land. We locate this paper within a global context of policy reform in TE and situated and specific ecologies of contemporary education in Vietnam. As a group of English and Vietnamese academics with a common background in TE, we explore the current views of Vietnamese TEs regarding professional identity and their awareness of reforms in Vietnam around TE professional standards. To this end we consider the implications, tensions and possibilities engendered by reform around professional competencies through interviews with teacher educators. We conclude by asking what TE reform in Vietnam is responding to and the implications for the sector in terms of professional identities, professional learning and practices and the status of TE as a profession.

Item Type: Article
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1080/25783858.2023.2177189
Dates:
DateEvent
7 February 2023Accepted
20 February 2023Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords: teacher-education, Vietnam, policy reform, professional competencies, professional standards
Subjects: CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-01 - education
CAH22 - education and teaching > CAH22-01 - education and teaching > CAH22-01-02 - teacher training
Divisions: Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences > Centre for Study of Practice and Culture in Education (C-SPACE)
Depositing User: Louise Lambert
Date Deposited: 08 Feb 2023 13:45
Last Modified: 27 Feb 2023 14:55
URI: https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14172

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