Experiences of Second Language Teacher Education (eBook)

T. Wright, M. Beaumont (Herausgeber)

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2014 | 2015
XVII, 309 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-31625-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book brings together the voices of teacher educators working in different national and educational settings. It Covers themes such as change in teacher education practices, the influences of context on practice, and of interculturality, to provide rich insights into the processes and effects of second language teacher education.

Mike Beaumont, University of Manchester, UK Krishna Dixit, Yeshwant College of Arts, Seloo, India Kyungsuk Chang, Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation Sikelela Dlamini, Pro-Learning Institute, Swaziland Thomas Fritz, Lernraum.Wien, the Viennese Volkshochschulen, Austria Icy Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chris Lima, University of Leicester, UK Gee Macrory, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Eleni Manolopoulou-Sergi, EFL Teacher and Advisor, Greece Kuheli Mukherjee, ESL Teacher, India Amol Padwad, ELT Consultant, India Susmita Pani, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, India Shelagh Rixon, Independent Scholar, UK Maria Luz C. Vilches, School of Humanities at Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines Wang Qiang, Beijing Normal University, China Tony Wright, University of St Mark and St John in Plymouth, UK ?

Inhalt

Cover 1
Contents 8
List of Figures and Tables 10
Thanks 12
Acknowledgements 13
Notes on Contributors 14
Introduction 19
1 Student Teachers’ Changing Beliefs on a Pre- service Teacher Education Course in Hong Kong 33
2 Modern Languages Initial Teacher Education in England: The Impact of School- based Training 60
3 Practical Theories of Teaching in Peripheral Contexts: Messages from Schools in Swaziland 81
4 Learning to Teach Many Languages: A Multilingual Teacher Education Programme Offered by the Wiener Volkshochschulen 105
5 ‘Inviting Eve to Taste the Apple’: Some Metaphors for the Issue of Theory in In- service Second Language Teacher Education Courses in Greece 127
6 Reframing ‘Public Lessons’ to Support English Teachers for Curriculum Change in China 144
7 Exploring Continuing Professional Development: English Teachers’ Clubs in Central India 171
8 Teacher Learning through Participation in Course Evaluation: An Indian Experience 193
9 New Technologies in SLTE: A Virtual Teacher Development Experience in Tocantins, Brazil 216
10 Bringing Information and Reflection Together: A Distance Mentoring and Teacher Development Experience in South Korea 244
11 Experiencing a Change Process in ELT in West Bengal 266
12 Becoming a Trainer: The Experience of Philippine English Teachers in the Primary Innovations Project 287
Postscript 314
Author Index 317
Subject Index 321

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.12.2014
• Zusatzinfo: XVII, 309 p.
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• Schlagworte: English • language • Second Language • Teacher Education • Teacher Learning • Trainer
• ISBN-10: 1-137-31625-X / 113731625X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-137-31625-7 / 9781137316257