Language Teachers and Teaching Global Perspectives, Local Initiatives

• Main Authors: Said, Selim Ben, Zhang, Lawrence Jun
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Routledge 2014; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Research in Education
• Subjects: Classroom Practice; Continuing Professional Development; Curriculum Studies; Education Studies; International & Comparative Education; Language and languages; Language and languages > Study and teaching; Language teachers; Language teachers - Training of; Teachers & Teacher Education; education; L2 Teacher Education; University EFL Teacher; Pair Work Activities; Language Teacher Education Program; English Language Teacher Education Program; program; TESOL Program; IDI; pre-service; Teacher Inquiry Group; Pre-service Teachers; ESL Teacher; ect; CMC; In-service Teacher Development Programs; erences; Sojourn Teachers; Elt Profession; Hoff Man; eff; Professional Development; diff; communicative; Teacher Education Program; Intercultural Competence; MATESOL Program; Sociocultural Theory Perspective; EFL Teacher; SLTE Program; English Teacher Education Program; educators; programs; Chinese EFL Teacher; Language Teacher Education
• ISBN: 0415636272; 9780415636278
• DOI: 10.4324/9780203795156

This volume gathers contributions from a range of global experts in teacher education to address the topic of language teacher education. It shows how teacher education involves the agency of teachers, which forms part of their identity, and which they take on when integrating into the teaching community of practice. In addition, the volume explores the teachers' situated practice--the dynamic negotiation of classroom situations, socialization into the professional teaching culture, and "on the ground experimentation" with pedagogical skills/techniques.