內容簡介
《英語教師課堂教學建構:原則與意圖》對所採用的研究方法作了包括從哲學基礎到資料採集、分析手段在內的較為詳盡的論述,為研究英語教學的英語專業研究生、研究工作者和從事定性研究的社科領域研究生、研究工作者提供了有益參考。書中呈現了不同的英語教學觀念和教學方法,可供英語教師和英語專業學生思考、比較、借鑑,對於英語教師教育和英語教師專業發展具有重要意義。
圖書目錄
Chapter One A Study of English Language Teachers' Constructions of Their Classroom Practices
1. Introduction
2. Research on Teacher Cognition: A Brief Overview
3. Research on Teacher Beliefs
3.1 Confusing terminology
3.2 Differentiating beliefs from knowledge-is it possible?
3.3 Some consensus reached in the research on teacher beliefs
3.4 Research on teacher beliefs at tertiary level-a problem with researching only the espoused theories of action
4. Research on the Beliefs and Practices of Language Teachers
4.1 Existing research on language teacher beliefs in direct relation to observed classroom practices
4.2 The value of researching teachers' constructions of their actual classroom practices
4.3 The concept of teaching principles
5. Justification for the Present Study
5.1 The framework of teaching principles
5.2 The China context
6. Significance of the Present Study
6.1 Teachers' professional development
6.2 Improvement/change in teaching practice
6.3 Teacher leadership
7. Purpose Statement and Research Questions
8. Conclusion
Chapter Two Studying English Language Teachers' Constructions of Their Classroom Practices: Research Approach and Methods
1. Introduction
2. Philosophical Assumptions
3. Locating the Research in a Particular Tradition
4. Research Design
4.1 Ethics
4.2 Sampling
4.3 The role of the researcher
4.4 Methods of data eolleetion
1) The observation
2) The interview
4.5 Data collection procedure
1) The pilot study
2) Data collection procedure
4.6 Data analysis process
4.7 Generalisability, reliability and validity
1) Generalisability
2) Reliability
3) Validity
5. The Research Process - A Learning Process
6. The Research Context and the Participants
6.1 ELT in China
1) A brief overview of ELT in China
2) Learning English in China
3) New emphases in ELT in China
4) Tertiary ELT teacher development in China
6.2 The researched university, its English Department and the participants
7. Conclusion
Chapter Three Teachers' Teaching Principles and Strategic Intentions
1. Introduction
2. Feng Lin's Case as an Illustration
2.1 Making sense of classroom work: classroom practices and their explanations
2.2 The emergence of teaching principles and strategic intentions
3. Ren Jie's Case - Another Example
3.1 Making sense of classroom work: classroom practices and their explanations
3.2 The emergence of teaching principles and strategic intentions
4. Fen Fang's Case - A Further Illustration
4.1 Making sense of classroom work: classroom practices and their explanations
4.2 The emergence of teaching principles and strategic intentions English Language Teachers' Constructions of Classroom Practices
A Study from a Chinese University
5. The Identification of Teaching Principles and Strategic Intentions - Criteria and Verifications
6. Conclusion
Chapter Four Teachers' Beliefs, Perceptions of the Teaching
Context, and Their Teaching Principles and Strategic Intentions
1. Introduction
2. The Framework of Teaching Principles and Strategic Intentions
3. The Guiding Principle
3.1 A concern with developing students' language ability
1) Developing students' ability to use English - a shared guiding principle
2) Cultivating students' higher ability in English learning -Fen Fang's guiding principle 3) Improving students' practical ability to write in English- Lan Min's guiding principle
3.2 A concern with the affective engagement of students
Achievement motivation - Kai Yu's case
3.3 A concern with the nature of the subject
3.4 Emergent themes and patterns
4. The Central Principle
4.1 The subject specific nature of the central principle
4.2 The belief-laden feature of the central principle
Chapter Five Conlusion
References
Appendix A Interview Guide
Appendix B Observation Notes (an example)
Appendix C Interview Transcript (an example)
Appendix D Kai Yu's Classroom Practices and Her Sense-making of the Practices
Appendix E Yu Sen's Classroom Practices and His Sense-making of the Practices
Appendix F Iam Min's Classroom Practices and Her Sense-making of the Practices
Appendix G Mei Qin's Classroom Practices and Her Sense-making of the Practices
Appendix H Pan Yuan's Classroom Practices and Her Sensemaking of the Practices
Appendix I Su Bin's Classroom Practices and Her Sense-making of the Practices
Appendix J Jia Hua's Classroom Practices and His Sense-making of the Practices