Full Description
The chapters in this volume outline and discuss examples of teacher educators in diverse global contexts who have provided successful self-initiated innovations for their teacher learners. The collection suggests that a way forward for second language teacher preparation programs is through 'reflective practice as innovation'.
Contents
1. Second Language Teacher Education: A Reality Check; Thomas S.C. Farrell 2. Constructivist Language Teacher Education: An Example from Turkey; Simon Phipps 3. Encouraging Critical Reflection in a Teacher Education Course: A Canadian Case Study; Thomas S.C. Farrell 4. Teaching Everything to No One and Nothing to Everyone: Addressing the Content in Content Based Instruction; Margo DelliCarpini & Orlando B. Alonso 5. Dissonance and Balance: The Four Strands Framework and Pre-service Teacher Education; John Macalister and Jill Musgrave 6. Materials Design in Language Teacher Education: A Example from Southeast Asia; Jack C. Richards 7. Translanguaging Principles in L2 Reading Instruction: Implications for ESL Pre-service Teacher Program; Leketi Makalela 8. Creative Enactments of Language Teacher Education Policy: A Singapore Case Study; Lubna Alsagoff 9. Changing Practice and Enabling Development: The Impact of Technology on Teaching and Language Teacher Education in UAE Federal Institutions; Helen Donaghue 10. Using Screen Capture Software to Improve the Value of Feedback on Academic Assignments in Teacher Education; Steve Mann 11. Developing Novice EFL Teachers' Pedagogical Knowledge through Lesson Study Activities; Hao Xu 12. Reflective Practice as Innovation in SLTE; Thomas S.C. Farrell
