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Teacher Awareness as Professional Development, Assistant Language Teachers in a Cross-Cultural Context, by Nami Sakamoto

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Teacher Awareness as Professional Development, Assistant Language Teachers in a Cross-Cultural Context, by Nami Sakamoto

Language

eng

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Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Teacher Awareness as Professional Development

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1288168103

Responsibility statement

by Nami Sakamoto

Series statement

Springer eBooks.

Sub title

Assistant Language Teachers in a Cross-Cultural Context

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.".--, Provided by publisher

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.

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