Research on Second Language Teacher Education: A Sociocultural Perspective on Professional Development

ISBN-13: 9780415883320 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 304 str.

Karen E. Johnson; Paula R. Golombek

Opis

Embracing a sociocultural perspective and employing an array of methodological tools for data collection and analysis, this volume documents the complexities of second language teachers' professional development in diverse L2 teacher education programmes around the world.

Spis treści

1. A Sociocultural Perspective on Teacher Professional Development  Part I: Promoting Cultural Diversity and Legitimating Teacher Identities  2. Becoming a Culturally Responsive Teacher  3. I’m Not Alone": Empowering Non-Native English Speaking Teachers  4. Working Toward Social Inclusion Through Concept Development in L2 Teacher Education  Part II: Concept Development in L2 Teacher Education  5. ‘Seeing’ L2 Teacher Learning: The Power of Context on Conceptualizing Teaching  6. Embracing Literacy-based Teaching  7. Synthesizing the Academic and the Everyday  Part III: Strategic Mediation in L2 Teacher Education  8. Dynamic Assessment in Teacher Education  9. Moodle as a Mediational Space  10. The Reverse Move: Enriching Informal Knowledge in the Pedagogical Grammar Class  11. Strategic Mediation in Learning to Teach  Part IV: Teacher Learning in Inquiry-Based Professional Development  12. Teacher Learning through Critical Friends Groups  13. Teacher Learning through Lesson Study  Part V: Navigating Educational Policies and Curricular Mandates  14. Ten Years of CLT Curricular Reform Efforts in South Korea  15. Learning to Teach under Curricular Reform