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Understanding the impact of INSET on teacher change in China / Ming Li.
Van Pelt Library PE1068.C6 L58 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liu, Ming, 1944- author.
- 刘明, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Palgrave pivot
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teachers--Training of--Social aspects.
- Teachers--Training of.
- Teachers--In-service training.
- China.
- Teachers--In-service training--China.
- Teachers.
- Teachers--Training of--Social aspects--China.
- English language--Study and teaching--China.
- English language.
- English language--Study and teaching.
- Educational change--China.
- Educational change.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 159 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
- Summary:
- This pivot considers the impact of INSET courses on EFL teachers practicing under the national curriculum reform in China. Providing context-specific findings on the policy and implementation of INSET as well as its impact on teacher education initiatives in both China and similar contexts, it explores the limitations of one-off training events such as INSET and the inconsistency between teacher learning results and their classroom practices. The book argues that teachers, when returning to pre-INSET teaching, are influenced by their prior deeply-rooted beliefs largely considered more powerful than newly-learnt theories. Addressing the rarely discussed fact that the complex and dynamic characteristics of teacher learning changes over time and supporting the construct of teacher learning as a social event rather than a one-off event, the book also offers practical solutions on how to improve teacher education and enhance the long-term INSET impact on teacher development, with the ambition of promoting education reform for both teachers and students alike.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Educational reform and teacher education: a theoretical overview
- Teacher learning research: a critical overview
- The study of teacher learning on INSET
- Case studies: teachers' experiences of change
- Teacher learning: a multifaceted, situated and dynamic process
- INSET: essential but insufficient catalyst for teacher change
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-155) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9811333106
- 9789811333101
- OCLC:
- 1057637433
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