Download or read book Novice Language Teachers written by Thomas Sylvester Charles Farrell and published by Equinox Publishing (UK). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the challenges and influences novice language teachers face when teaching in their first years. The volume outlines several detailed case studies of the experiences second/foreign language teachers during their first year of teaching in such contexts as the USA, Canada, Singapore, Cambodia, the UK, Italy, Europe, Hong Kong & Japan.
Download or read book Successful Teaching written by David Schwarzer and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume provides novice teachers with a practical guide to help them transition from teacher education students to independent, reflective and autonomous classroom teachers. It also serves as a scaffolding tool for mentor teachers assigned to support novice teachers during their first years in the field. Novice teachers can use this comprehensive resource as a way to connect the overarching conceptual themes and big ideas from their Teacher Education courses to their classroom practices. This book is designed to encourage novice teachers to make more intentional and pedagogically sound decisions during their beginning teaching experiences, whether it is fieldwork observations, student teaching, or the first years in the classroom. The book covers a variety of issues, including: getting to know your students, families and communities; curriculum development; and pedagogical decisions. Each of these sections contain specific chapters devoted to a particular concept such as assessment, instruction for diversity, integrating technology across the curriculum, action research and more. This book serves as a bridge between pedagogical theory and the realities of the 21st century classroom.
Download or read book Novice Teachers Embracing Wobble in Standardized Schools written by Bob Fecho and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical resource for pre-service and practicing teachers, this book addresses what happens when new teachers try to enact inquiry-based and dialogical pedagogy within standardized schools. Exploring the narratives from beginning ELA and humanities teachers when they encounter challenges and obstructions, this book explores moments of wobble—key events that called attention to practice in the context of inflexible schooling systems—that the teachers shared with their peers via an oral inquiry process (OIP) to help them unpack and understand their experiences. This book advocates for the continued use and enhancement of mentoring and induction initiatives, particularly those that recognize the expressed concerns of novice teachers, no matter what their pedagogical stance might be. By sharing novice teachers’ "wobble stories" and their outcomes, this book provides a pathway for teachers’ continued self-reflection and growth for the duration of their careers. The authors offer a reflective, adaptable, and easy-to-use process that places teachers in control of their own professional learning. The beliefs and structures examined in this text support the intentions of all teachers who work from a learning-centered perspective and wish to take some ownership of their professional development.
Download or read book Novice Language Teachers written by Thomas S. C. Farrell and published by Equinox Publishing (Indonesia). This book was released on 2008 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this collection is to discuss the challenges and influences novice language teachers face when teaching in their first years. The volume outlines several detailed case studies of the experiences second/foreign language teachers during their first year of teaching in such diverse contexts as the USA, Canada, Singapore, Cambodia, the UK, Italy, southern Europe, Hong Kong, and Japan.
Download or read book Navigating the English Language Classroom written by Lía D. Kamhi-Stein and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2024-07-08 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guiding new teachers as they transition to the classroom
Download or read book Professional Development through Mentoring written by Juliana Othman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-08-08 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their book, Othman and Senom provide a unique insight into the challenges faced by novice English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers and establish how mentoring can provide effective support for new teachers’ professional development. The book demonstrates the theoretical background for viewing mentoring as a process crucial to novice teachers’ development, particularly to the teachers’ ability to succeed and grow in a specific workplace environment. Using case studies from a Malaysian context, this book provides a comprehensive understanding of how mentoring can serve as a strategy to facilitate the transition of novice ESL teachers from a teacher education programme to life in real classrooms. Through its case studies, the book will examine both theoretical and practical issues for mentors, teacher educators, policymakers, and administrators when mentoring new ESL teachers. This book will be valuable to researchers who are particularly interested in exploring novice teachers’ identity development, and experienced teachers to help guide new teachers through the socialization process in their schools.
Download or read book The Novice Advantage written by Jonathan Eckert and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspiring to teachers of all experience levels, this guide uses humor and insight to show how to teach with daring, while growing through risk, reflection, and revision.
Download or read book Facing Challenges and Complexities in Retention of Novice Teachers written by Denise McDonald and published by IAP. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The chapters in the book present in-depth examination of novice teachers’ experiences in Houston area schools during their first-through-third year of teaching. Their professional challenges and the unique conditions in which they must navigate their developing and sometimes fragile teacher identity are comprehensively explored.
Download or read book Concept Based Language Instruction as the Mediational Means of Novice Language Teacher Development written by Alba Garcia Alonso and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leveraging the effectiveness of Concept-Based Language Instruction (C-BLI) in language teaching and learning, including in the teaching of specific linguistic features of target languages (Negueruela, 2003; Van Compernolle, 2012), pragmatic elements such as sarcasm (Kim & Lantolf, 2018), and even discipline-specific concepts (e.g., Casal, 2020; Kurtz, 2017; Yang & Sang, 2023), this project adds to the emerging scholarship on the use of C-BLI as a means of teacher professional development (Fogal, 2017; Lantolf & Esteve, 2019; Van Compernolle & Henery, 2015; Williams et al., 2013) and argues that C-BLI represents an effective pedagogical frame for language teacher development interventions for novice teachers. A pedagogical intervention was conducted through a course on teaching English as a Second Language, which connected pairs of novice teachers to an existing language course. Pairs were then assigned a target concept from the course syllabus (e.g., conditionals, intonation, tone and register). The intervention used C-BLI as a pedagogical frame through which novice teachers developed their target concept knowledge, created lesson plans, and taught a lesson in their partner course. The intervention also employed narrative inquiry and responsive mediation as means to bring about and mediate novice teacher conceptual development of the target concepts. Data collected consisted of narratives on prior language learning and teaching experiences, weekly reflections, meetings with the teacher educators, practice and actual teaching sessions, stimulated recalls, and final teaching reflections. The novice teachers' evolving conceptual knowledge of their target concepts, as well as the potential understanding and enactment of the principles of C-BLI in educational activity, were understood through both their sociocultural history and the mediational space created in the intervention by the teacher educators. Results from the case studies highlighted the potential benefit of employing C-BLI as a tool to mediate both conceptual understanding of target concepts and orientation to educational activity for novice language teacher teachers, as well as the importance of creating spaces for verbalization of evolving understandings in language teacher education courses. Further, results highlighted the importance of the teacher educator figure enacted as a responsive mediator to provoke and mediate novice teachers' development.
Download or read book Understanding Expertise in Teaching written by Amy Tsui and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-04-07 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents
Download or read book Cambridge Guide to Second Language Teacher Education written by Anne Burns and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-23 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection provides an overview of current issues, debates, and approaches in Second Language Teacher Education (SLTE) presented by internationally prominent researchers, educators, and emerging scholars. Chapters address such issues as distance education, non-native English-speaking educators, technology, assessment, standards, and the changing contexts of contemporary language teaching and teacher education.
Download or read book Teachers Roles in Second Language Learning written by Bogum Yoon and published by IAP. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to provide practical applications of sociocultural theory with regard to teachers’ roles in second language education. By providing specific examples of teachers’ roles in the classroom, the book aims to help researchers, teacher educators, and classroom teachers make clear connections between practice and theory in second language learning. All the studies in this edited book are conducted in the PreK-16 classroom setting. Each chapter presents rigorous research analysis within the framework of sociocultural theory and provides rich descriptions of teachers’ roles. The book is intended to be used in teacher education courses. The primary audience of the book is in-service teachers who work with second language learners (SLLs) in their classrooms including ESL/Bilingual classrooms or regular classrooms. Since many SLLs receive instructions both in the ESL/Bilingual classrooms and in the regular classrooms, it is important to discuss teachers’ roles in both settings. The secondary audience of the book is teacher educators and researchers who work with pre-service and in-service teachers in teacher education. This book will be an excellent resource for book study groups and practitioners working with professional learning communities.
Download or read book Praxis oriented Pedagogy for Novice L2 Teachers written by Karen E. Johnson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this cutting-edge book on L2 teacher education, experts Johnson, Verity, and Childs demonstrate how praxis-oriented pedagogy grounded in the principles of Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory (VSCT) can have a meaningful impact on L2 teachers’ development. Starting with a clear definition of praxis-oriented pedagogy, the authors lay out a theoretical foundation and document how appropriately designed praxis-oriented L2 teacher education pedagogy supports the development of novice teacher reasoning. Drawing from a longitudinal study of L2 novice teachers, chapters address the teachers’ understanding, learning, and cognitive development and how their capabilities grow in creating and implementing engaging language learning environments for their ESL students. At the core of the book lies a unique set of pedagogical concepts: linguistically compact, conceptually rich chunks of language that function as psychological tools for learning and teaching. By covering teachers’ changes in understanding, reasoning, and pedagogical activities, the book reveals the role that pedagogical concepts play in praxis-oriented pedagogy. Essential reading for language teacher educators, language teachers, and researchers, this book makes the VSCT principles that inform praxis-oriented pedagogy both clear and accessible.
Download or read book Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education written by Nat Bartels and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-07-02 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applied Linguistics and Language Teacher Education is aimed at applied linguists who are interested in understanding more about the learning of novice teachers in their classes. The 21 studies in this volume provide information on the complexity of novice teachers learning and use of knowledge in a variety of applied linguistics classes such as SLA, Syntax, Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Phonetics and Phonology, L2 Reading and Writing, Testing, and Content Based Instruction. These studies were conducted in a variety of contexts, from North and South America to Europe, Asia and Australia, and look at the preparation of teachers of English, Spanish and Chinese. The book also includes a state-of-the-art summary of research on knowledge acquisition and use which provides applied linguists with a solid basis for developing their ideas about their students learning and use of the knowledge presented in their classes.
Download or read book Quality Mentoring for Novice Teachers written by Sandra J. Odell and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2004-11-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This survey of best practices is extremely useful to those charged with setting up state and local mentoring programs and provides a logical framework to convince policy makers to support teacher-induction programs. Case studies and discussion questions make this a valuable textbook for teacher education courses and tool for faculty in the school setting.
Download or read book Reinventing the Curriculum written by Mark Priestley and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of modern curricular policy trends, drawing upon Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence, and featuring inputs from acknowledged experts in the field.
Download or read book Promising Practices for Teachers to Engage with Families of English Language Learners written by Diana Hiatt-Michael and published by IAP. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monograph Promising Practices for Teachers to Engage with Families of English Language Learners provides practical activities, communication skills, events, resources, and policies to work with families who are English language learners. This book is primarily targeted toward preservice and novice teachers who are searching for ways to connect with families from diverse cultures and varying proficiency levels in English. However, the contents contain an array of practices that are useful for teachers at all levels, parents, other educator groups, and administrators.
