Teacher Development in Action Understanding Language Teachers' Conceptual Change

by Kubanyiova, Magdalena

• ISBN13: 9780230232587
• ISBN10: 0230232582
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780230348424
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-15
• Publisher: Palgrave-Macmillan
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Summary

Bringing together multiple sources of data and combining existing theories across language teacher cognition, teacher education, second language motivation and psychology, this empirically-grounded analysis of teacher development in action offers new insights into the complex and dynamic nature of language teachers' conceptual change.

Author Biography

Maggie Kubanyiova is Lecturer in Educational Linguistics in the School of Education, University of Birmingham, UK. Her research interests concern language teacher development, second language learning, classroom pedagogy and ecological approaches to research methodology. Her work has appeared in Modern Language Journal, Language Teaching Research, TESL-EJ and in several edited volumes.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Why Talk about Language Teachers' Conceptual Change
PART I: LEARNING, CHANGE AND MOTIVATION: KEY CONCEPTS AND THEORIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS' CONCEPTUAL CHANGE
Teacher Development and Change
Theories of Learning and Conceptual Change in Psychology
The Role of Motivation in Conceptual Change: Possible Selves Theory
Pulling it Together: An Integrated Model of Language Teacher Conceptual Change
PART II: LANGUAGE TEACHERS' CONCEPTUAL CHANGE IN ACTION
Possible Self as a Central Cognition in Teacher Change
Emotional Dissonance: Essential but Insufficient Catalyst for Change
Change as Identity Threat
Teacher Change as a Multifaceted, Situated, Evolving and Dynamic Process
PART III: RESEARCHING LANGUAGE TEACHER CONCEPTUAL CHANGE
Research Directions
PART IV: PROMOTING LANGUAGE TEACHERS' CONCEPTUAL CHANGE
Principles for Effective Language Teacher Education
Conclusion
References
Index