ERIC Number: EJ890999
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Oct
Pages: 10
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From Autopsy to Biopsy: A Metacognitive View of Lesson Planning and Teacher Trainees in ELT
Liyanage, Indika; Bartlett, Brendan John
Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, v26 n7 p1362-1371 Oct 2010
Lesson planning and implementation of those plans are complex and cognitively demanding for English Language Teacher trainees preparing for the profession. Many find it difficult to develop a lesson holistically and to maintain alignment across aims, procedural steps, and evaluation when planning and implementing a lesson. We attempted to address this problem by establishing a model of trainees' action that included their deliberate metacognitive structuring of a lesson both in planning and review phases. Data from a first exploration of student thinking elicited by the model indicate positive shifts in trainees' holistic thinking and a student-centeredness in the critical perspectives they took in both planning and review. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers, Lesson Plans, Alignment (Education), Metacognition, Models, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers, Teaching Methods, Instructional Effectiveness
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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