Teacher Awareness as Professional Development: Assistant Language Teachers in a Cross-Cultural Context

ISBN-13: 9783030883997 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 168 str.

Nami Sakamoto

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction.- 

Chapter 2: English Language Education Reform and Assistant Language Teachers in Japan.- 

Chapter 3: Teacher Awareness, Kizuki: A Form of Professional Development.- 

Chapter 4: Overview of the Study.- 

Chapter 5: Beginning Their Stories.- 

Chapter 6: Experiences of Kizuki.- 

Chapter 7: Investments and Crossing the Boundaries in the Classroom.- 

Chapter 8: Growing Collegiality in Cooperative Practice.- 

Chapter 9: Sociocultural Perspectives on ALTs’ Professional Development.- 

Chapter 10: Narrative Inquiry as an Inquiry-based Approach to Teacher Development.- 

Chapter 11: Epilogue. 

O autorze

Nami Sakamoto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Secondary Education in the Faculty of Education at Okayama University of Science, Japan, with a focus on professional development of language teachers. She has published in Teacher Development (2011) “Professional Development Through Kizuki – Cognitive, Emotional, and Collegial Awareness.

Blurb

This book ​examines the process of identity (re)construction for assistant language teachers (ALTs) in foreign language classrooms in Japan, using Narrative Inquiry as a tool to provide a multifaceted perspective on their personal and professional growth. Following an overview of the social and cultural context and current trends in the field, the author explains the role of ALTs' narrative inquiry, before describing the results of analyses of the participants’ narratives from the perspective of sociocultural theory. Finally, the book discusses teacher development, teaching theory, and identity based on analysis of the narrative data.

The book offers useful pedagogical insights that may have implications for teacher development and principles of language team teaching for teachers, teacher trainers, ALTs, boards of education, and university students of English and language education, including English as a Foreign Language (EFL).

Nami Sakamoto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Secondary Education in the Faculty of Education at Okayama University of Science, Japan, with a focus on professional development of language teachers. She has published in Teacher Development (2011) “Professional Development Through Kizuki – Cognitive, Emotional, and Collegial Awareness.”