Teacher Beliefs as a Complex System: English Language Teachers in China 2015 Edition Contributor(s): Zheng, Hongying (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319230085 ISBN-13: 9783319230085 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Language Experience Approach - Education | Professional Development - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
Dewey: 370.711 |
Series: English Language Education |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.98 lbs) 170 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The volume is a practical introduction to the ways in which the teachers deal with classroom events in the context of change for researchers, teachers, administrators who wish to implement curriculum reform to EFL in schools. The author provides insights into the beliefs of Chinese teachers of English as a Foreign Language (EFL), and their pedagogical choices in the context of the National English Curriculum Reform. The complex nature of EFL teachers' beliefs about EFL teaching and learning are exposed, how their beliefs interact with mental and actionable processes triggered by classroom practice, and how their beliefs co-adapt with contexts to maintain the stability of the teachers' belief systems. This is the first study to present complexity theory in a narrative context of education, exploring the non-linear and unpredictable features of the relationship between the teachers' beliefs and practices. Integrating complexity theory with interpretivist, ecological and sociocultural perspectives, this book contributes to the research agenda by providing a systematic framework for examining teacher beliefs as a whole, and examining the extent to which western theory may be applied to Chinese educational contexts. |