Thompson Exploring Language Teacher Efficacy in Japan

1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78892-540-2
Verlag: Multilingual Matters
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 5, 208 Seiten

Reihe: Psychology of Language Learning and Teaching

This book examines language teacher efficacy beliefs, focusing on the individual and collective beliefs of Japanese high school teachers. It discusses personal and collective dimensions of language teacher efficacy related to personal second language (L2) capability, instructional L2 efficacy and collective capability towards collaboration. The book provides a detailed discussion about the ways in which these beliefs develop and situates the findings within the wider field of teacher efficacy research. It helps further understanding of factors that may influence teacher self-efficacy and suggests new directions for research to explore in future studies. It will appeal to postgraduates and researchers with an interest in language teacher cognition, the psychology of language teaching and those in the wider fields of self-efficacy, teacher efficacy and teacher agency. It is also of use to those with an interest in the high school English education system in Japan, as well as researchers investigating similar contexts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thompson, Gene

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Teacher Efficacy as a Form of Self-Efficacy

Chapter 3. Language Teacher Efficacy

Chapter 4. Approaches for Investigating Language Teacher Efficacy

Chapter 5. Developing a Language Teacher Efficacy Scale

Chapter 6. JTE Language Teacher Efficacy Beliefs and Dimensions

Chapter 7. Language Teacher L2 Efficacy and L2 Usage

Chapter 8. Efficacy for Language Instruction

Chapter 9. Efficacy Towards Collaborative Practice and Collective Action

Chapter 10. Language Teacher Efficacy Belief Development

Chapter 11. Where Next for LTE Research?

Über Autor(innen)

Thompson, Gene
Gene Thompson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Global Business at Rikkyo University. His EMI-related research focuses on the intersection between learner self-beliefs and behaviour, appearing in journals such as the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, System, Studies in Higher Education, and Language Teaching Research.

Gene Thompson is an Associate Professor at Rikkyo University, Japan where he carries out research on learner and teacher cognitions, self-efficacy, English medium instruction and teaching English as an international language. He has spent over 15 years working at Japanese schools in the area of language education and has significant experience carrying out language teacher workshops for secondary school teachers in Japan.