1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780461603321

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

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.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798088803321

Autore

Thomas James M. <1982->

Titolo

Affective labour : (dis)assembling distance and difference / / James M. Thomas and Jennifer G. Correa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Rowman & Littlefield International, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-78348-391-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (235 p.)

Disciplina

306.0973

Soggetti

Social conflict - United States

Equality - United States

United States Social conditions 21st century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

cover; frontmatter; contents; acknowledgements; introduction; chapter one; chapter two; chapter three; chapter four; chapter five; conclusion; bibliography; index

Sommario/riassunto

A critical examination of affective labour based on ethnographic fieldwork. It traces the centrality of affective labor in enabling and constraining prevailing norms and practices of race, citizenship, class, gender, and sexuality across multiple spatial contexts.