Second Language Teacher Education /
edited by Jack C. Richards and David Nunan.
- 1st ed.
- New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
- xii, 340 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Cambridge Language Teaching Library .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-328) and index.
"This text provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. The paperback edition provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. It offers valuable ideas on the observation and supervision of classrooms, on self-evaluation by teachers, and on teaching itself. Its emphasis reflects the shift in orientation from teacher training to teacher education, in which teachers are involved in developing their own theories of teaching, understanding the nature of teacher decision making, and developing strategies for critical self-evaluation. The book is aimed at teachers, teacher educators, and workshop facilitators involved both in pre-service and in-service education of teachers of second and foreign languages." (Publisher's Website) CONTENTS PART I: ISSUES AND APPROACHES IN TEACHER EDUCATION 1. The dilemma of teacher education in second language teaching / Jack C. Richards 2. Beyond prescription : the student teacher as investigator / Jerry G. Gebhard, Sergio Gaitan, and Robert Oprandy 3. Activities and procedures for teacher preparation / Rod Ellis PART II: INVESTIGATING TEACHERS AND LEARNERS IN THE CLASSROOM 4. Teacher observation in second language teacher education / Richard R. Day 5. Action research in the language classroom / David Nunan 6. Understanding classroom role relationships / Tony Wright PART III: THE PRACTICUM 7. Intervening in practice teaching / Donald Freeman 8. Interaction in a teaching practicum / Jerry C. Gebhard 9. A professional development focus for the language teaching practicum / Martha C. Pennington PART IV: SUPERVISION 10. Models of supervision : choices / Jerry C. Gebhard 11. Clinical supervision of language teaching : the supervisor as trainer and educator / Stephen Gaies and Roger Bowers 12. 'Let's see' : contrasting conversations about teaching / John F. Fanselow PART V: SELF-OBSERVATION IN TEACHER DEVELOPMENT 13. Teacher development through reflective teaching / Leo Bartlett 14. The use of diary studies in teacher education programs / Kathleen M. Bailey 15. An ongoing dialogue : learning logs for teacher preparation / Patricia A. Porter, Lynn M. Goldstein, Judith Leatherman, and Susan Conrad PART VI: CASE STUDIES 16. A blueprint for a teacher development program / Dale L. Lange 17. Developing teachers' language resources / Robert Keith Johnson 18. An ethnographic approach to inservice preparation : the Hungary file / Fraida Dubin and Rita Wong 19. Observing classroom behaviors and learning outcomes in different second language programs / Nina Spada