<![CDATA[Platform Merdeka Mengajar (PMM) is an official platform issued by Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture to ensure teachers face the changes in the post-pandemic educational situation successfully. The use of PMM facilitates teachers to teach according to their students' abilities, provides training to improve teacher’s competence, and engages the community to build teaching collaborative ecosystem with colleagues. The study discusses the identities represented on Merdeka Mengajar as official platform to support teacher in implementation of Merdeka Curriculum. It focuses on the extent to which features available in PMM as Platform provided by government, which correspond to fundamental components of pedagogies. The objectives of the research are : (1) explore the strategies of forming English teacher identities in the Merdeka Mengajar , and (2) analyse the offered identities as English Teacher represented of contents by using pedagogical perspective. Qualitative method of the study gathered the data by observing the content of Platform Merdeka Mengajar including; inspirational videos, self-training, proof of my work, student assessment and teaching devices. The first findings indicates that the identities as English Teacher formed by (1) providing ideal identities, (2) supporting the needs of teacher, (3) appreciating teacher participation, and (4) involving larger audiences (colleagues). The identity of English Teacher represented into the use of (1) purposive diction of the content, (2) various resources, and (3) the interaction of teacher as content maker- audience in the platform. Those can be indicated as the new form of English teacher identity not only as social identity but also digital identity. ]]>
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