The interplay of language teachers’ identity, cognition, emotion, and agency, and the role of context: A scoping review

Abstract

This scoping review explores complex interactions among identity, cognition, emotion, and agency in language teachers' socio-professional lives. By synthesising findings from 64 studies published between 2008 and 2023, the review highlights three prominent interactional patterns shaping teachers’ professional practice and development, whilst meso-level and macro-level contextual factors strongly impact these interactions. In these interactions, reflective practice plays a pivotal role in intertwining the components, ultimately leading to pedagogical change and professional development. The review integrates these components holistically into a socio-ecological perezhivanie-based framework for understanding teacher development and provides significant implications for practice in teacher professional development programmes.