Teacher Development in Action
Understanding Language Teachers' Conceptual Change
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Beschreibung
Teacher Development in Action offers a rich account of language teachers' engagement with the latest research in second language motivation on a year-long teacher development project. It offers an in-depth analysis of how language teachers mobilize (or not) their vast inner resources when they make sense of new material, and sheds light on why language classrooms do not always become acquisition-rich and motivating environments, even when teachers show great interest in new ideas and find them highly relevant to their practice.
Drawing on a grounded theory ethnographic study of EFL teachers in Slovakia, this book, now in paperback, breaks new theoretical ground in the language teacher cognition domain and weaves together findings from field notes, classroom observations and interviews into an integrated model of Language Teacher Conceptual Change (LTCC). The new insights into the complex and dynamic nature of teacher development constitute an original contribution to thefield of applied linguistics and have significant implications for second language teacher education and development.
Bringing together multiple sources of data and combining existing theories across language teacher cognition, teacher education, second language motivation and psychology, this empirically-grounded analysis of teacher development in action offers new insights into the complex and dynamic nature of language teachers' conceptual change.
Provides a systematic and detailed analysis of how language teachers develop Synthesis research in language teacher cognition, teacher education and social psychology Offers suggestions for new ways of working with language teachers and educating for conceptual change
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M. Kubanyiova
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Dealing initially with stories of 'failure,' Teacher Development in Action is not a book on defeat, but as Kubanyiova herself claims, is one on hope. It is a steady step forward toward success.' - Studies in Language Learning and Teaching
'This is a courageous book. Rather than trumpeting a success story, it documents and analyses the 'failure' of a project designed to radically restructure teachers' conceptual understanding of their teaching." - English Teaching Professional
"This book breaks new ground by describing the teacher change process using a new theoretical model…. [It] is a thoroughly researched impressive book which adds greatly to both conceptual change theory and to the case study literature on language teacher development." - BAAL News
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"Dealing initially with stories of 'failure,' Teacher Development in Action is not a book on defeat, but as Kubanyiova herself claims, is one on hope. It is a steady step forward toward success." - Studies in Language Learning and Teaching "This is a courageous book. Rather than trumpeting a success story, it documents and analyses the 'failure' of a project designed to radically restructure teachers' conceptual understanding of their teaching." - English Teaching Professional "This book breaks new ground by describing the teacher change process using a new theoretical model…. [It] is a thoroughly researched impressive book which adds greatly to both conceptual change theory and to the case study literature on language teacher development." - BAAL News
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