Innovation and change in English language education (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Hyland, Ken; Wong, Lillian L C

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an accessible introduction to current theory and research in innovation and change in ELT and shows how these understandings have been applied to the practical concerns of the curriculum and the classroom.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135051891
• Artikelnr.: 39190752

Autorenporträt

Ken Hyland is Chair Professor of Applied Linguistics and Director of the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. He has published over 160 articles and 20 books on language teaching and academic writing and is co-editor of Applied Linguistics. Lillian L. C. Wong is a senior lecturer in the Centre for Applied English Studies at the University of Hong Kong. She also researches innovations in English language teaching and learning and is a member of the Board of Directors of TESOL International Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Author Bios
Preface
1. Introduction: Innovation and implementation of change
Ken Hyland & Lillian Wong (University of Hong Kong)
Section 1: Conceptions and contexts of innovation and change
2. Models of change and innovation
Chris Kennedy (University of Birmingham, UK)
3. Contexts of change
Numa Markee (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
4. Cultures of change: appropriate cultural content in Chinese school
textbooks
Yafu Gong (China National Institute for Educational Research, China) &
Adrian Holliday (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)
5. The management of change
Alan Waters (Lancaster University, UK) & Maria Luz C. Vilches (Ateneo de
Manila University, Philippines)
Section 2: Innovation and change in teacher education
6. Innovation through teacher education programmes
Karen E. Johnson (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
7. Innovation through action research and teacher-initiated change
Anne Burns (Aston University, UK and University of New South Wales,
Australia)
8. Reflective teaching as innovation
Kathleen M. Bailey and Sarah E. Springer (Monterey Institute of
International Studies, USA)
9. Teacher thinking, learning, and identity in the process of change
Donald Freeman (University of Michigan, USA)
Section 3: Innovation and change in the language curriculum
10. Innovation in language policy and planning: Ties to English language
education
Joseph Lo Bianco (University of Melbourne, Australia)
11. Change and innovation in primary education
Beverly Derewianka (University of University of Wollongong, Australia)
12. Innovation in secondary education: a case of curriculum reform in Hong
Kong
David Carless and Gary Harfitt (University of Hong Kong)
13. Higher education constraints on innovation
Denise E. Murray (Macquarie University, Australia)
Section 4: Innovation and change in teaching practice
14. Innovation in materials development
Brian Tomlinson (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK)
15. Corpora, innovation and English language education
Ken Hyland (University of Hong Kong)
16. Innovation in the young learner classroom
David Nunan (University of Hong Kong)
17. Technological innovation and teacher change: IT in teacher professional
development
Lillian L. C. Wong (University of Hong Kong)
18. Innovation in Assessment: Common Misconceptions and Problems
Chris Davidson (University of New South Wales, Australia)