Mindful L2 Teacher Education: A Sociocultural Perspective on Cultivating Teachers' Professional Development

by Paula R Golombek, Karen E Johnson, Karen E. Johnson, et al.

Book Overview

Taking a Vygotskian sociocultural stance, this book demonstrates the meaningful role that L2 teacher educators and L2 teacher education play in the professional development of L2 teachers through systematic, intentional, goal-directed, theorized L2 teacher education pedagogy. The message is resoundingly clear: Teacher education matters It empirically documents the ways in which engagement in the practices of L2 teacher education shape how teachers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138189782
• ISBN13: 9781138189782
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"