Exploring teachers' experiences in curriculum implementation in China: Case studies of four secondary school English teachers - Softcover

Wang, Wenfeng

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3838304195 ISBN 13: 9783838304199

Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2009

Synopsis

This book reports on a case study of four teachers' beliefs and practices in the course of implementing a new English curriculum in China. The data were collected from in-depth interviews and classroom observations during two site visits over an academic year. The findings indicate that teachers have views and ideas about English as a language, and about learning and teaching the language in relation to the new curriculum. Teachers make moment-to-moment decisions in the classroom drawing on these views and ideas in response to the school and social contexts. The teacher, the institution and the culture of learning are mutually informing and constitutive. This relationship becomes only more crucial in a context of new curriculum implementation, where teacher change in both beliefs and practices is essential. An enhanced understanding of this relationship calls for concerted efforts at the three levels (individual,institutional and social) in every endeavor to implement a new curriculum.

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About the Author

Wenfeng Wang (BA, MA, PhD) is teaching EAP courses at the University of Hong Kong. His research interests are in language education and teacher development. Some recent publications are: English Language Education in China by JMMD, 2008 (with Andy Gao) and The English Curriculum for Senior Secondary Schools in China by RELC, 2009 (with Agnes Lam).

Edition details

• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 3838304195
• ISBN 13: 9783838304199
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 216