Understanding Expertise in Teaching: Case Studies of Second Language Teachers

by Amy B. M. Tsui

• ISBN13: 9780521635691
• ISBN10: 0521635691
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-03-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The author clarifies the nature of expertise in language teaching, its development, and how teachers employ it. This book is the first detailed study of what expertise in language teaching consists of and how it develops in language teachers. Exploring the classroom practices of her subjects in four illuminating case studies, Tsui succeeds in clarifying the nature of expertise in language teaching, the factors that shape and influence its development, and how teachers employ their expertise in teaching. In the process, the author critically examines an extensive literature on teacher cognition and shows how teachers' theories, knowledge, experience, and goals shape their classroom practices and their ability to move from novice to expert.

Table of Contents

Series Editors' Preface	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
Conceptions of Expertise	9	(13)
Characteristics of Expert and Novice Teachers	22	(20)
Teacher Knowledge	42	(25)
The Case Studies	67	(12)
The Professional Development of the ESL Teachers	79	(57)
Teacher Knowledge and Managing the Classroom for ESL Learning	136	(41)
Teacher Knowledge and the Enactment of the ESL Curriculum	177	(48)
Taking on the Challenge: Exploring Process Writing	225	(20)
Understanding Expertise in Teaching	245	(38)
Appendix 1 Reader's Comment Form on First Draft for the Second Writing Task (Angel's First Draft)	283	(2)
Appendix 2 Learner Training in Making Revisions	285	(2)
References	287	(16)
Index	303