ERIC Number: EJ1051522
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Apr
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-1657-0790
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Teachers' Knowledge of Second Language and Curriculum: A Narrative Experience (Conocimiento de los profesores acerca de la segunda lengua y el currículo: una experiencia narrativa)
Mendieta Aguilar, Jenny Alexandra
PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, v13 n1 p89-110 Apr 2011
This study was carried out with a group of three teachers who work for the foreign languages department of a private university in Colombia. It was aimed at unveiling and characterizing the narrative knowledge these teachers hold about language teaching and learning processes as well as the role this knowledge plays in the constant construction and evaluation of curriculum. Data were collected through concept maps, biodata surveys, narrative interviews, and participant observation within a narrative inquiry approach to research. Findings show the crucial need to value and explore teachers' knowledge from a narrative perspective in order to better understand the complexity of the teaching context in which they work.
Descriptors: Private Colleges, College Faculty, Language Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Personal Narratives, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Learning Processes, Concept Mapping, Surveys, Interviews, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Participant Observation, Qualitative Research, Grounded Theory
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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