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PREFACE
Motivationisattheheartofeverythingwedo.Itdrivesustodothingsand
determineshowweshouldgoaboutdoingthem.Itdeterminesourinvolvement
anditsintensityincertainactions,andthusbringsaboutsuccessorfailureto
performadequately.TemotivationIfelttowritethisbookwastodevelop
anewsensitivitytowardsteachertrainingatthepre-servicelevel.Pre-service
teachersareofenreferredtoas“aspecialneedsgroup”
,andassuchrequire
specialtreatment.
Teachingisalearningprocessandinsofarasitisaprocessitislongitudinal.
Tenarrativespresentedheregiveevidenceofthis.Teyshowhowtrainees
learnfromexperience,howtheyreflectontheiractionsduringandaferthey
occurandhowthesereflectionsańecttheirfutureactions.Alltheverbalreports
andnarrativesusedinthisvolumearepresentedintheiroriginaluneditedform.
Tedecisionnottoeditthetextswasdictatedbytheutilityofshowingnot
onlythestateofprofessionalawarenessofthetraineesbutalsotheirlanguage
competenceandabilitytoreflectintheirL2.Itisassumedthatreflectivityisan
importantattributeofagoodteacher(Russell,2005).Tetrainees)reflections
areofenverydescriptiveinnatureandnotproductive.Tusoneofthemajor
pointsoffocusinthediscussionpresentedinthisbookisonthenatureof
reflectionandonwaysofdevelopingitatthepre-servicestageofteaching
experience.Allthesubjectswhoparticipatedinindividualstudiesconducted
bymeandreportedoninthisvolumeconstituteafairlyhomogenoussampleof
trainees.Teymostlycamefromtowns,bigandsmall,theydidnotforthemost
partcomefromeconomicallydisadvantagedbackgroundsandtheirlanguage
learninghistoriesaswellastheteachertrainingprogrammestheyfollowedwere
generallyuniform.
TisbookwasgreatlyinspiredbyJoachimAppel)sDiaryofaLanguage
Teacher(1995),whichintheformofunstructureddiaryentriesandthorough
academicanalysesoftheircontentspresentstheEFLteacher)s(theauthor)s
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