ABSTRACT
This volume gathers contributions from a range of global experts in teacher education to address the topic of language teacher education. It shows how teacher education involves the agency of teachers, which forms part of their identity, and which they take on when integrating into the teaching community of practice. In addition, the volume explores the teachers’ situated practice--the dynamic negotiation of classroom situations, socialization into the professional teaching culture, and "on the ground experimentation" with pedagogical skills/techniques.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|47 pages
Policy in Education
chapter 1|15 pages
The Politics of Comparison
chapter 2|17 pages
Developing Teacher Candidates' Target Language Proficiency
chapter 3|13 pages
An English Teacher Education Initiative in South Korea
part II|49 pages
Theory-Practice Nexus
chapter 6|17 pages
Transformative Teacher Education in Action
part III|59 pages
Beliefs, Expectations, and Negotiating a Professional Self
chapter 7|18 pages
Teaching Spoken English in China
part IV|50 pages
Reflective Practice, Feedback, and Facilitation
part V|52 pages
Teaching and Learning in New Times
chapter 14|19 pages
Speaking Like a ‘Glocal'
part VI|48 pages
Teacher Learning in Cross-Cultural Contexts