Teacher awareness as professional development : assistant language teachers in a cross-cultural context / Nami Sakamoto.
2022
P53 .S35 2022
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Title
Teacher awareness as professional development : assistant language teachers in a cross-cultural context / Nami Sakamoto.
Author
Sakamoto, Nami, author.
ISBN
9783030884000 (electronic bk.)
3030884007 (electronic bk.)
9783030883997
303088399X
3030884007 (electronic bk.)
9783030883997
303088399X
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-88400-0 doi
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P53 .S35 2022
Dewey Decimal Classification
418.0071052
Summary
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.
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Palgrave pivot.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: English Language Education Reform and Assistant Language Teachers in Japan
Chapter 3: Teacher Awareness, Kizuki: A Form of Professional Development
Chapter 4: Overview of the Study
Chapter 5: Beginning Their Stories
Chapter 6: Experiences of Kizuki
Chapter 7: Investments and Crossing the Boundaries in the Classroom
Chapter 8: Growing Collegiality in Cooperative Practice
Chapter 9: Sociocultural Perspectives on ALTs Professional Development
Chapter 10: Narrative Inquiry as an Inquiry-based Approach to Teacher Development
Chapter 11: Epilogue.
Chapter 2: English Language Education Reform and Assistant Language Teachers in Japan
Chapter 3: Teacher Awareness, Kizuki: A Form of Professional Development
Chapter 4: Overview of the Study
Chapter 5: Beginning Their Stories
Chapter 6: Experiences of Kizuki
Chapter 7: Investments and Crossing the Boundaries in the Classroom
Chapter 8: Growing Collegiality in Cooperative Practice
Chapter 9: Sociocultural Perspectives on ALTs Professional Development
Chapter 10: Narrative Inquiry as an Inquiry-based Approach to Teacher Development
Chapter 11: Epilogue.