Theory and Practice in EFL Teacher Education : Bridging the Gap / / Julia Hüttner, Barbara Mehlmauer-Larcher, Susanne Reichl, Barbara Schiftner

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457650803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Blue Ridge Summit, PA : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2011]; ©2011
• ISBN: 1-280-12088-6; 9786613524744; 1-84769-526-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Collana: New Perspectives on Language and Education
• Classificazione: ES 767
• Disciplina: 428.0071
• Soggetti: English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers; English teachers -- Training of; English language - Study and teaching - Foreign speakers; English teachers - Training of; Languages & Literatures; English; English Language; 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: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- Introduction -- 1. Closing the Gap, Changing the Subject -- 2. The Dialectics of Theory and Practice in Teacher Knowledge Development -- 3. Moments of Practice: Teachers’ Knowledge and Interaction in the Language Classroom -- 4. Creating Language-Assessment Literacy: A Model for Teacher Education -- 5. Grammar Teaching: Theory, Practice and English Teacher Education -- 6. Cognitive + Communicative Grammar in Teacher Education -- 7. Towards a Stronger Intervention: The Role of Literature in Teacher Education -- 8. Supporting the Transfer of Innovation into Foreign-Language Classrooms: Applied Projects in In-Service Teacher Education -- 9. Developing Student ; Teachers’ ‘Pedagogical Content Knowledge’ in English for Specific Purposes: The ‘Vienna ESP Approach’ -- 10. The EPOSTL (European Portfolio for Student Teachers of Languages): A Tool to Promote Reflection and Learning in Pre-Service Teacher Education -- 11. NESTs Versus Non-NESTs: Rethinking English-Language Teacher Identitie -- 12. Multilingualism Pedagogy: Building Bridges between Languages -- Subject Index -- Name Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This volume addresses the complex issues surrounding language teacher education, especially in EFL, and the development of professionalism in this field. By applying such concepts as Shulman's "pedagogical content knowledge", the development of teachers' knowledge base is investigated in a variety of settings, thus underpinning the contextual nature of teacher learning. The vital role of critical reflection at all stages of teacher development is shown to be an integral part of language teachers' knowledge constructions in areas such as pedagogical grammar, assessment and testing. The contributions shed light also on the perception and development of teacher expertise. This volume sets out to bridge the gap between theory and practice, and in so doing shows that these constructs are far from monolithic. Rather, both theory and practice are created and developed dynamically in close interrelation.

The nation, Europe, and the world : textbooks and curricula in transition / / edited by Hanna Schissler and Yasemin Nuhoğlu Soysal

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798134903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2005
• ISBN: 1-57181-549-X; 1-78238-174-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 p.)
• Disciplina: 907/.1
• Soggetti: History - Study and teaching; History - Textbooks; International education - Curricula; Place-based education - Curricula
• 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.
• Nota di contenuto: The Nation, Europe, and the World; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Part I. Europe Contested; Chapter 1. Projections of Identity in French and German History and Civics Textbooks; Chapter 2. Privileged Migrants in Germany, France, and the Netherlands; Chapter 3. What Counts as History and How Much Does History Count?; Chapter 4. The Decline and Rise of the Nation in German History Education; Part II. Europe Seen from the Periphery; Chapter 5. Nation and the Other in Greek and Turkish History Textbooks; Chapter 6. "Europe" in Bulgarian Conceptions of Nationhood; Chapter 7. Learning about Europe and the WorldChapter 8. Europe in Spanish Textbooks; Part III. Global Frameworks and Approaches to World History; Chapter 9. World History and General Education; Chapter 10. Cartographies of Connection; Chapter 11. World History; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Textbooks in history, geography and the social sciences provide important insights into the ways in which nation-states project themselves. Based on case studies of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Greece, Turkey Bulgaria, Russia, and the United States, this volume shows the role that concepts of space and time play ; in the narration of ‘our country’ and the wider world in which it is located. It explores ways in which in western European countries the nation is reinterpreted through European lenses to replace national approaches in the writing of history. On the other hand, in an effort to overcome Eurocentric views,’world history’ has gained prominence in the United States. Yet again, East European countries, coming recently out of a transnational political union, have their own issues with the concept of nation to contend with. These recent developments in the field of textbooks and curricula open up new and fascinating perspectives on the changing patterns of the re-positioning process of nation-states in West as well as Eastern Europe and the United States in an age of growing importance of transnational organizations and globalization.