ABSTRACT

TESOL Teacher Education in a Transnational World critically examines theories and practices in contemporary TESOL teacher education to shed new light on the intersection of transnationalism and language teacher education. It emphasizes the scholarship of transnational mobility of language teachers, and showcases critical research from diverse contexts.

The book fills a critical research gap by more fully examining the theory and practice of teacher education in a changing time when national identities and cross-border mobilities continue to figure prominently in scholarly discussions. Through a diverse set of epistemological, historical and theoretical perspectives along with methodological innovations, contributors of this volume not only index the dynamism of the scholarship of teacher education, but they also offer new forums for lively pedagogical debates. Featuring contributions from diverse educational and geographical contexts, including Europe, Asia, North America, and Latin America, the book moves the existing scholarship forward to more fully examine TESOL teacher education in relation to transnationalism.

 

This book will be of great interest to academics, scholars, post-graduate students, teacher educators, policymakers, curriculum specialists, administrators, and other stakeholders interested in language teacher education, TESOL and applied linguistics

chapter 1|10 pages

Introduction

Preparing language teachers for a transnational world

part I|54 pages

Epistemological, theoretical, and historical interventions

chapter 2|15 pages

Transnationalism and education

Epistemological and theoretical exercises

chapter 3|21 pages

Researching transnationalism and TESOL teacher education

Critical review and outlook

chapter 4|16 pages

Critical engagement with teaching EFL

Toward a trivalent focus on ideology, political economy, and praxis

part II|54 pages

Spatial interventions

chapter 5|16 pages

Teaching abroad during TESOL initial teacher education

The case of a project in China

chapter 6|22 pages

Rejecting the transnational in TESOL teacher training

The propagation, spread, and hybridization of a critical pedagogic register of TESOL teacher training in the Oriente Antioqueño, Colombia

chapter 7|14 pages

Critical autoethnography in TESOL teacher education

A translingual and Cultural Historical Activity Theory perspective for transnational spaces

part IV|70 pages

Policy, curricula, and professional learning and development

chapter 12|18 pages

Transglocality in English language teacher education

A transnational polyethnography of the Glendon D-TEIL experience in Cuba

chapter 14|13 pages

Human rights as a performative context for transnationalism

Working with difference in Brazilian teacher education

chapter 15|18 pages

Doing TESOL postgraduate studies overseas

Teacher training, studying abroad, and/or a master’s degree?

chapter 16|3 pages

Afterword

COVID-19, transnationalism, and TESOL teacher education