Teacher Training Essentials

Teacher Training Essentials

Author: Craig Thaine

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2010-10-21

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 0521172241

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Ready-to-go activities for teacher trainers running pre- and in-service training courses. For busy teacher trainers who practise what they preach: trainees will benefit from learning about methodology in training sessions which are in themselves models of good teaching practice.


Beyond Training

Beyond Training

Author: Jack C. Richards

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1998-02-13

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9780521626804

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Beyond Training examines the nature of second language teacher development and how teachers' practices are influenced by their beliefs and principles. It seeks to move discussion of language teacher development beyond the level of "training," which reflects a technical view of specific teaching practices. Instead, it takes a more holistic approach to teacher development built on the notion of the teacher as critical and reflective thinker. The argument pursued throughout is that teacher education needs to engage teachers not merely in the mastery of techniques, but in an exploration of the knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes that underly their teaching practices.


Creating Learning Without Limits

Creating Learning Without Limits

Author: Swann, Mandy

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 170

ISBN-13: 0335242111

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This book looks at The Wroxham School in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, which has embraced the' Learning without Limits' approach across the whole school.


Advising and Supporting Teachers

Advising and Supporting Teachers

Author: Mick Randall

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-08-09

Total Pages: 11

ISBN-13: 0521630851

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This book examines the role of the teacher-advisor and how to develop relevant skills.


Training Foreign Language Teachers

Training Foreign Language Teachers

Author: Michael J. Wallace

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1991-04-18

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0521356369

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This book contains many suggestions for practical work and discussion, and includes an extended case-study.


Teacher Training at Cambridge

Teacher Training at Cambridge

Author: Pam Hirsch

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-08-02

Total Pages: 503

ISBN-13: 1135783039

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This book focuses on two educationalists, Oscar Browning (1837-1923) and Elizabeth Hughes (1852-1925) who were the principals of the two separate day training colleges for men and women at Cambridge. The early initiatives of these two leaders began the development of education studies at Cambridge University and, therefore, serve as test cases to examine the relationship between teacher training and the university. As their early programmes foreshadowed the work of the present-day Faculty of Education, a historical review of these Victorian educational experiments uncovers how the unstable relationship between teacher trainers, the university and the government of the day has affected the status of the Education Department within the university. Oscar Browning and Elizabeth Hughes were extraordinary, larger-than-life characters, who have not yet been well-served in the historical accounts. Their ideals about what teaching should be about is one well worthy of re-visiting. The colleges they set up at Cambridge acted as models for training colleges all over the country so they were an influence on the national scene. In so far as they visited and lectured in Europe, America and Japan, they also had international influence.


Mentor Courses

Mentor Courses

Author: Angi Malderez

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-03-11

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 052156204X

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This practical resource book provides a collection of materials for use on mentor courses. It presents a range of activities and processes for exploring the roles and duties of mentors and for developing and practising the skills required.


Second Language Teacher Education

Second Language Teacher Education

Author: Jack C. Richards

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0521387795

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This text provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. The paperback edition provides a detailed account of current approaches to the education of teachers of second languages. It offers valuable ideas on the observation and supervision of classrooms, on self-evaluation by teachers, and on teaching itself. Its emphasis reflects the shift in orientation from teacher training to teacher education, in which teachers are involved in developing their own theories of teaching, understanding the nature of teacher decision making, and developing strategies for critical self-evaluation. The book is aimed at teachers, teacher educators, and workshop facilitators involved both in pre-service and in-service education of teachers of second and foreign languages.


Professional Development for Language Teachers

Professional Development for Language Teachers

Author: Jack C. Richards

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2005-04-04

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 052184911X

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This much-needed text provides a coherent and strategic approach to teacher development Teacher Development for Language Teachers examines ten different approaches for facilitating professional development in language teaching: self-monitoring, support groups, journal writing, classroom observation, teaching portfolios, analysis of critical incidents, case analysis, peer coaching, team teaching, and action research. The introductory chapter provides a conceptual framework. All chapters contain practical examples and reflection questions to help readers apply the approach in their own teaching context.