Initial Language Teacher Education provides language teacher
researchers, as well as teachers of teachers, with an introduction to
research on how language teachers learn to teach before they begin
practicing.
Theoretical work is organized into the author's original framework,
which fosters the exploration of student teachers' experiences as
learners, while helping them develop core concepts, practices, and
dispositions that encourage excellence in teaching. This innovative
framework also provides mediated learning experiences designed around
student teachers' professional development, an approach that helps them
to theorize their own practices and take ownership of their own
professional development at an intellectual level.
By combining a strong and updated research base with practical classroom
tools that have been extensively piloted, Initial Language Teacher
Education bridges the gap between theory and practice in teacher
education and is a key resource for students, researchers, and
instructors in language teaching.