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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455678603321

Autore

Gray Carol <1955->

Titolo

Mentor development in the education of modern language teachers [[electronic resource] /] / Carol Gray and partners in The University of Birmingham PGCE Partnership

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Clevedon, England ; ; Buffalo, N.Y., : Multilingual Matters, c2001

ISBN

1-280-82797-1

9786610827978

1-85359-553-5

0-585-46559-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Collana

Modern languages in practice ; ; 18

Disciplina

410/.71

Soggetti

Language teachers - Training of

Mentoring in education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-228) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Glossary of Abbreviations -- Introduction: or Why Another Book on Mentoring -- Part 1. The Context -- Part 2. Developing Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Mentoring -- Part 3. Mentors in Action -- Part 4. Towards a Better Future? -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book investigates a number of case studies of language mentoring in action with a view to prompting readers to reflect upon their own practice as teacher educators. Recent research on mentoring, teacher effectiveness, language teaching and language teacher education is combined to provide a background to the case studies, helping to illuminate general principles and issues.