Research Catalog

Title

Reflective practice in ESL teacher development groups : from practices to principles / by Thomas S.C. Farrell.

Author

Farrell, Thomas S. C. (Thomas Sylvester Charles)

Publication

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

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Description

182 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

Reflective Practise in ESL Teacher Development Groups discusses the concept of reflective practice in ESL teachers using data from a 3-year collaborative partnership in which three ESL teachers in Canada explored their professional development through reflective practice.

Subject

• English teachers > Training of
• Reflective teaching
• English language > Foreign speakers
• Career development
• Language and languages
• LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General
• ELT: teaching theory & methods > English
• ELT
• Reflective teaching
• Language teaching theory & methods > English > ELT examinations & certificates
• Teacher training > English > ELT examinations & certificates
• Language teaching & learning > English > ELT examinations & certificates
• English Language Training
• Career Mobility

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction: From Practices to Principles; 1 Professional Development; 2 Reflective Practice; 3 Reflection through Discussion; 4 Reflection through Writing; 5 Reflection on Teachers' Beliefs; 6 Reflection on Teachers' Roles; 7 Reflection on Critical Incidents; 8 Resisting Plateauing through Teacher Reflection Groups; 9 Developing Teacher Expertise; Final Reflections: Professional Self-Development; References; Index.

ISBN

• 0230292550 (cloth)
• 9780230292550 (cloth)

OCLC

865169570

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library