Anne Feryok has recently retired from her role as Senior Lecturer in English and Linguistics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Her work explores sociocultural theory, complex dynamic systems and language teacher identity. She serves on the editorial boards of several international journals.

Contributors

Gary Barkhuizen: Foreword: Language Teacher Identity

Sarah Mercer: Foreword: Language Teacher Wellbeing

Anne Feryok: Introduction: Language Teacher Identity and Wellbeing: A Holistic Approach

Part 1: Knowledging

Chapter 1. Paia Taani and Karyn Paringatai: Kua tau toku mauri - The Balance between Maori Language Teacher Cultural Identity and Wellbeing                              

Chapter 2. Manka Varghese, Rachel Snyder Bhansari and Camille Ungco: Collectivizing Our Care: Holistic Wellbeing in Teacher Education for Multilingual Teachers of Color

Chapter 3. Elizabeth R. Miller: Exploring Language Teacher Emotions of Belonging and Identity Formation from a Critical Poststructuralist Perspective

Chapter 4. Bedrettin Yazan: The Promise of Critical Autoethnography as Identity-Oriented Learning Activity for Teacher Wellbeing

Part 2: Developing

Chapter 5. Sylvia Moore and Doris Dicker: Teaching, Learning and Balancing Wellness: The Life of a Labrador Inuttitut Teacher

Chapter 6. Zia Tajeddin and Elahe Moladoust: Language Teacher Identity Tensions: Effects on Job Satisfaction

Chapter 7. Maria Ruohotie-Lyhty and Josephine Moate: Exploring Language-Specialised Student Teacher Identity and Wellbeing in a Bilingual Teacher Education Programme

Chapter 8. Richard S. Pinner: Burnout, Energy Return on Investment and Recovering Post-Pandemic Motivation: An Oversharing Narrative

Chapter 9. Rouhollah Askaribigdeli: The Interplay of Language Teacher Identity Development and Wellbeing: The Case of a Muslim ESOL Teacher

Part 3: Practicing

Chapter 10. Shelley Tulloch: Identity and Wellbeing in Journeys of Inuit and Yup'ik Language Teachers

Chapter 11. John Trent: Taking a Turn for the Worse: Private Supplementary Tutor Identity Construction and Wellbeing in the Context of the 'Double Reduction' Policy in China

Chapter 12. Mostafa Nazari, Sedigheh Karimpour and Ismail Xodabande: Emotions as Mediating the Nexus between Iranian English Language Teachers' Wellbeing and Identity Construction: An Ecological Perspective

Chapter 13. Sun Shin: The Connections between University EFL Teachers' Wellbeing and their Teaching Identities in the Korean Context

Chapter 14. Vincent Greenier and Agni Connor: Exploring the Wellbeing and Identity of EMI Lecturers at a UK University's International Branch Campus

Anne Feryok: Conclusion: Balancing and Decentering

Index