Dr Duncan Hunter D.Hunter@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer/ Programme Director for MA TESOL
The idea as a mechanism in language teacher development
Hunter, Duncan; Kiely, Richard
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Richard Kiely
Abstract
In recent decades two broad but distinguishable approaches to language teacher development have predominated: an informing approach based largely on the transmission of principles of new theory and method; and a responsive approach centering on teachers’ understanding of their own practice. Our study offers the notion of the Idea, as an element of input that can inspire teachers and be appropriated for their own practice, as a means of synthesising the two traditions. Evidence that teacher learning operates at the level of the Idea is presented on the basis of literature, and also from two case studies which examine teacher learning across different language teacher language learning contexts. Based on the observations of the case studies, the paper offers a fully useable characterisation of the Idea, offering the notion as a crucial concept for language teacher development.
Citation
Hunter, D., & Kiely, R. (2016). The idea as a mechanism in language teacher development. Journal of Second Language Teaching and Research, 5(1), 37-61
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | May 11, 2016 |
Publication Date | Nov 25, 2016 |
Deposit Date | Dec 5, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Dec 5, 2016 |
Journal | Journal of second language teaching & research |
Print ISSN | 2045-4031 |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 5 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 37-61 |
Keywords | Teaching training, Idea, Responsive approach, Understanding of practice |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/445891 |
Publisher URL | http://pops.uclan.ac.uk/index.php/jsltr/article/view/407 |
Additional Information | Copy of article first published in: Journal of second language teaching & research, 2016, v.5, issue 1 |
Contract Date | Dec 5, 2016 |
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