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ersarewillingtocreateanewperspectiveonwhattheyhavehabituallycon-
sideredreal,theteachingmaybecometheprojectofapersonvitallyopento
thestudentsandtheworl.Theteacherswillbecontinuouslyengagedinin-
terpretingtherealityforevernew,feelingmorealivethantheyeverhave
before.
Themainaimofthisthesisistorectifytheproblemofreflectiveawareness
deficitamonglanguageteachersthroughathoroughanalysisanddescription
oftheinformationgatheredfromtheentriesinthedialoguejournals,which
wereusedasameansofcollectingdateduringthestudy.Anattemptwillbe
madetodetermine,whether,andtowhatextent,thedialoguejournalwriting
influencestheteachers’reflectivedevelopment.Anadditionalattemptwillbe
madetoexaminewhichelementsoftheclassroominteractionareinfluenced
andwhichareignoredbyteachersduringtheprocessofreflectivedevelop-
mentthroughjournalwriting.Theimplicationswillbeutilizedinassessing
theeffectivenessofdialoguejournalsasaneffectivemeansoflyceumteach-
ers’reflectivedevelopment.Assumingthatmostteachershavenevertriedto
reflectwiththeuseofdialoguejournal,additionalgoalofthefollowingdis-
sertationistopresenttheteacherswiththeproceduresbehindthejournal
writing,and,bydoingso,encouragethemtotryjournalwritingasoneofthe
effectivemeansofdevelopingreflectiveawareness.
Thepresentvolumeconsistsoffourchapters,thefirstthreeofwhichpro-
videtherelevanttheoreticalbackgroundandthelastpresentsanddiscusses
thefindingsofastudycarriedoutinthecontextofPolisheducationalcontext
amongforeignlanguageteachersfromsecondaryschools.ChapterOne,
attemptstopresentthechangesthatoccurredintherolesperformedbylan-
guageteachersthoroughhistoryoflanguageteaching.Additionally,readers
arepresentedwiththeshiftfromteacher-centerdnesstolearner-centerdness.
FocalpointofChapterOneisoccupiedbyrolesplayedbyteachersinthe
contemporaryclassroom.ThepredominantconcernofChapterTwoisan
attempttodescribeteachersandtheprocessofteaching.Thisratherlengthy
chapterbeginswithdetaileddescriptionofvariousmodelsoflanguageteach-
ereducation.Itisfollowedbysectionsdevotedtoteacher’sbeliefsconcer-
ninglearners,learning,languageteachingandthemselves.Thesuccessive
partsofthesecondchapterareentirelydevotedtovariousdecisionsteachers
makeintheireverydaywork.Oneofthesub-chaptersincludesdescriptionof
goodlanguageteacherwithallthecharacteristics.Subsequentsectionspre-
sentthecharacteristicsofteacher’smotivationntoteachandthenegative
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