Second language teacher education a sociocultural perspective /

• Main Author: Johnson, Karen E.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York ; London : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: ESL and applied linguistics professional series.
• Subjects: English language > Study and teaching > Foreign speakers.; English teachers > Training of > Social aspects.; English language.; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.; Electronic books.
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This book presents a comprehensive overview of the epistemological underpinnings of a sociocultural perspective on human learning and addresses in detail what this perspective has to offer the field of second language teacher education.

Table of Contents:

• Defining a sociocultural perspective
• Shifting epistemologies in teacher education
• Teachers as learners of teaching
• Language as social practice
• Teaching as dialogic mediation
• Macro-structures and the second language teaching profession
• Inquiry-based approaches to professional development
• Future challenges for second language teacher education.