ABSTRACT

'Language Teacher Education' is an introduction to language teacher training and development for teachers and providers in pre-service and in-service programmes. The text outlines the main theories of human learning and applies them to teacher education. Based on a broadly social constructivist perspective, it suggests a framework for planning pre-service and in-service programmes, and is illustrated both with case studies from a range of training situations around the world and appendices containing teacher education materials.

 

Language Teacher Education is intended to inform readers' practical decisions and to help them build their own theories of teacher learning.

chapter |7 pages

Introduction

part 1|115 pages

Foundations of language teacher education

part 2|93 pages

Initial teacher education

chapter 4|25 pages

Two aspects of ITE design

chapter 5|28 pages

Provider roles in ITE

chapter 6|38 pages

Case studies of ITE

part 3|106 pages

Inservice education and training

chapter 7|36 pages

INSET: focus on design

chapter 8|68 pages

Case studies of INSET