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misunderstandingsinclude:mismatchbetweentheteacher’strainingand
previousexperienceandthedemandsofalearner-centeredmodeofteaching,
andaconflictbetweenthelatterandtheexpectationsofotherparticipants
and/orprioritiespropertothetargetlearningsituation.Thiscanleadtowhat
Wagner(1988)referstoasknots.WagnerusesLaing’s(1970)ideaofpsy-
chological‘knots’toanalyzethetensionswhichteachersmayexperiencein
implementingnewapproachestoteaching.Knotsemergewhenanindividual
holdsimperativeswhichareincompatiblewithrealityorwithotherimpera-
tives.Knotsarecontradictoryobligationswhichcannotbesolvedadhocand
traptheindividual.Ifsituationactivatescontradictorynorms,apsychological
conflictresults.Ifasituationactivatesaknot,theindividualgetsintoapsy-
chologicaldilemma.
Inthepast,writingonlanguageteachingwascharacterizedbyastrong
concernwithamethodandwithteachingproceduresthelatterincluding
activitytypes,modesofclassroommanagementandtheuseoftechnological
aidssuchasthevideoor,morerecentlycomputers.Thissituationprobably
reflectedtheneedexpressedbyteacherstoforgenewtoolstodealwiththe
increaseddemandforlanguagelearning.However,inthelastthirtyyears
moreattentionwasgiventothesubjectiverealitiesoflanguageteachingand
learning.Fromthelearner’spointofview,thishasledtomoreimportance
beingaccordedtosubjectiveneedsandtodevelopingamoreeducationally-
sensitiveapproachtolanguageteachingingeneral,aswitnessedbyworkon
learnertrainingandautonomy.Inconnectionwiththisincreasedawareness
ofthesubjectiverealitiesoflanguagelearningfromthelearner’spointof
view,therehasalsobeenarecognitionofthesubjectrealitiesand,thus,the
complexitiesoflanguageteachingfromtheteacher’spointofview.Ithas
beenobservedthatwhatteachersactuallydointheclassroomisatleastas
stronglyinfluencedbytheirpersonalagendaandsetofbeliefsaboutlan-
guageteachingasbythemethodorapproachwhichtheyare,intheory,fo-
llowing.Teachershavetheirownprivateagendaswhichtheybringwiththem
totheprocessofteachingand,therefore,theyneedtodevelopreflective
awarenessofthesubjectivefactorswhichinfluencetheirownattitudes,be-
haviorsandinstructionaldecisionmaking(Richards1994).Hecontinuesby
makingtwopointsabouttheteacher’sinstructionaldecisions.Oneisthat
theyarebasedontheteachers’attitudes,values,andassumptionsabout
teachingandlearningwhichteachersbuiltupovertimeandbringintothe
classroom.Thesecondisthatteachers’classroombehaviorstendtobecon-
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