Developing Global Awareness for Global Citizenship Education

English Language Teachers' Beliefs and Practices in China
2023
ISBN: 978-981-99-4181-0
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 182 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

Reihe: Intercultural Communication and Language Education

This book has explored in depth the beliefs and practices of foreign language teachers regarding global awareness in the context of a Chinese senior high school. This book defines global awareness as a combination of global knowledge, global attitudes, and global skills for a global citizen to act from the local community to the global community. By analysing qualitative data such as classroom observations, interviews and focus groups with language teachers and linking these findings to language education policy and practice in China, this book has explored how English language teachers teach English language, intercultural communicative competence and global awareness in China. This book will be of interest to researchers, language teachers and students in the fields of language education and intercultural communication. It also provides a readable overview for those new to the field of ICC and global citizenship education.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jing, Hongtao

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Vergleichende und Empirische Bildungsforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I Exploring Core Issues of Global Awareness and Global Citizenship.- 1 Introducing the Global Awareness Study.- 2 Global Awareness, Intercultural Communicative Competence, and Global Citizenship.- 3 Global Englishes, Global Learning, and Teacher Cognition.- 4 Global Awareness and Intercultural Language Teaching in China.- Part II Teacher Cognition about Global Awareness.- 5 Teachers’ Beliefs and Reported Practices Regarding Global Awareness.- 6 Factors that Shape Teachers’ Beliefs about Global Awareness.- Part III Global Awareness in Classroom Practice.- 7 Chinese English Teachers’ Classroom Practices.- 8 Classroom Practices of Three Canadian English Teachers.- Part IV Discussion and Conclusions.- 9 Discussion.- 10 Preparing Language Teachers for Intercultural/Global Citizenship Education.- 11 Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Hongtao Jing is Associate Professor at the College of Economics at Kanto Gakuin University, Japan. His research interests include intercultural communicative competence, global awareness, global/intercultural citizenship, language teacher cognition, CLIL, virtual exchange, and competences for democratic culture within language education in East Asia.