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Teacher development in action : understanding language teachers' conceptual change / Magdalena Kubanyiova.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kubanyiova, Magdalena, 1977-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Language teachers--Training of.
- Language teachers.
- English teachers--Training of.
- English teachers.
- Language and languages--Study and teaching.
- Language and languages.
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
- English language.
- Teacher-student relationships.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
- Summary:
- "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. "--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Introduction: Why Talk about Language Teachers' Conceptual Change
- PART I: LEARNING, CHANGE AND MOTIVATION: KEY CONCEPTS AND THEORIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS' CONCEPTUAL CHANGE
- Teacher Development and Change
- Theories of Learning and Conceptual Change in Psychology
- The Role of Motivation in Conceptual Change: Possible Selves Theory
- Pulling it Together: An Integrated Model of Language Teacher Conceptual Change
- PART II: LANGUAGE TEACHERS' CONCEPTUAL CHANGE IN ACTION
- Possible Self as a Central Cognition in Teacher Change
- Emotional Dissonance: Essential but Insufficient Catalyst for Change
- Change as Identity Threat
- Teacher Change as a Multifaceted, Situated, Evolving and Dynamic Process
- PART III: RESEARCHING LANGUAGE TEACHER CONCEPTUAL CHANGE
- Research Directions
- PART IV: PROMOTING LANGUAGE TEACHERS' CONCEPTUAL CHANGE
- Principles for Effective Language Teacher Education
- Conclusion
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780230232587
- 0230232582
- OCLC:
- 666235261
- Online:
- Cover image
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