@article{1443148,
      author = {Sakamoto, Nami,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1443148},
      title = {Teacher awareness as professional development : assistant  language teachers in a cross-cultural context /},
      abstract = {This book examines the process of identity  (re)construction for assistant language teachers (ALTs) in  foreign language classrooms in Japan, using Narrative  Inquiry as a tool to provide a multifaceted perspective on  their personal and professional growth. Following an  overview of the social and cultural context and current  trends in the field, the author explains the role of ALTs'  narrative inquiry, before describing the results of  analyses of the participants narratives from the  perspective of sociocultural theory. Finally, the book  discusses teacher development, teaching theory, and  identity based on analysis of the narrative data. The book  offers useful pedagogical insights that may have  implications for teacher development and principles of  language team teaching for teachers, teacher trainers,  ALTs, boards of education, and university students of  English and language education, including English as a  Foreign Language (EFL). Nami Sakamoto is an Associate  Professor in the Department of Secondary Education in the  Faculty of Education at Okayama University of Science,  Japan, with a focus on professional development of language  teachers. She has published in Teacher Development (2011),  Professional Development Through Kizuki Cognitive,  Emotional, and Collegial Awareness.},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88400-0},
      recid = {1443148},
      pages = {1 online resource :},
}