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.
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.
Embracing a sociocultural perspective and employing an array of methodological tools for data collection and analysis, this volume documents the complexities of second language teachers¿ professional development in diverse L2 teacher education programs around the world.
An integrated view of communication in second language classrooms that acknowledges the importance of what teachers and students bring to the class environment.
Understanding Language Teaching encourages teachers to reflect on their classroom practice by thinking critically about their own teaching, their colleagues' teaching, and the environments where they work.
Taking a Vygotskian sociocultural stance, this book demonstrates the meaningful role that L2 teacher educators and L2 teacher education play in the professional development of teachers through systematic, intentional, goal-directed, theorized teacher education pedagogy.
Taking a Vygotskian sociocultural stance, this book demonstrates the meaningful role that L2 teacher educators and L2 teacher education play in the professional development of teachers through systematic, intentional, goal-directed, theorized teacher education pedagogy.
Presents an overview of the epistemological underpinnings of a sociocultural perspective on human learning. This book addresses what this perspective has to offer the field of second language teacher education. It argues that a sociocultural perspective on human learning changes the way we think about how teachers learn to teach.
Embracing a sociocultural perspective and employing an array of methodological tools for data collection and analysis, this volume documents the complexities of second language teachers¿ professional development in diverse L2 teacher education programs around the world.
