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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461579503321

Autore

Borg Simon

Titolo

Teacher Cognition and Language Education [[electronic resource] ] : Research and Practice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Continuum International Publishing, 2008

ISBN

1-283-20644-7

9786613206442

1-4411-5600-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

418.007

Soggetti

Curriculum planning

Language and languages -- Study and teaching

Language teachers -- Training of

Languages & Literatures

Philology & Linguistics

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; 1 The Origins of Teacher Cognition Research; 2 The Cognitions of Pre-service Language Teachers; 3 The Cognitions of In-service Language Teachers; 4 Teacher Cognition in Grammar Teaching; 5 Teacher Cognition in Literacy Instruction; 6 Self-Report Instruments; 7 Verbal Commentaries; 8 Observation; 9 Reflective Writing; 10 A Framework for Studying Language Teacher Cognition; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The study of teacher cognition - what teachers think, know and believe - and of its relationship to teachers' classroom practices has become a key theme in the field of language teaching and teacher education.  This new in paperback volume provides a timely discussion of the research which now exists on language teacher cognition. The first part of the book considers what is known about the cognitions of pre-service and practicing teachers, and focuses specifically on teachers' cognitions in teaching grammar, reader and writing. The second part of the book evaluates a range of research methods