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- Title
- Teacher cognition among tertiary-level Chinese English teachers
- Related
- Australasian Digital Theses Program
- Publisher
- Australia : Macquarie University
- Date
- 2009
- Author/Creator
- Kavanagh, Michael Christopher
- Description
- Thesis (DAppLing)--Macquarie University, Division of Linguistics and Psychology, Department of Linguistics, 2009.
- Description
- Bibliography: p. 246-275.
- Description
- Introduction -- The research context -- Literature review -- Research methodology -- Case study 1 (Lily) -- Case study 2 (Ailing) -- Case study 3 (Xinyu) -- Cross-case study -- Conclusions.
- Description
- Teacher cognition studies are rare in the mainland Chinese context; they are also rare in other contexts similarly defined by common features such as non-native speaking language teachers, large classes, publicly-funded institutions, and mandated curricula or materials. This broadly qualitative investigation of three tertiary-level Chinese English teachers sought to elicit views and beliefs about language learning and teaching, their sources, and their links with classroom behaviour. A cyclical series of data collection (including autobiographical writing, interviews, lesson observations and stimulated-recall interviews, documentary data, and a group discussion) was employed to produce four linked studies: three individual case studies and a cross-case study. Interpretive data analysis, achieved through a process of constant comparison, was employed to reveal each teacher's views and beliefs. In order to ensure an emic perspective, each teacher's 'voice' is given prominence through the presentation of data. The interpretation of data suggests the importance of various levels of context to teachers' thinking, including the background Confucian approach to education, previous experiences as learners and teachers, and the situation the teachers encounter at both classroom and institutional levels.
- Description
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Description
- 275, [140] p. ill
- Subject Keyword
- English teachers -- China -- Attitudes
- Subject Keyword
- English language -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Chinese speakers
- Subject Keyword
- English language -- Study and teaching -- China
- Subject Keyword
- Confucianism and education -- China
- Subject Keyword
- Teaching -- China
- Subject Keyword
- Motivation in education
- Subject Keyword
- Competence and performance (Linguistics)
- Subject Keyword
- Cognition
- Subject Keyword
- teacher cognition
- Subject Keyword
- China
- Subject Keyword
- qualitative
- Subject Keyword
- Confucian
- Resource Type
- Thesis PhD
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Linguistics
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/42620
- Identifier
- 1342541
- Language
- eng
- Rights
- Copyright disclaimer: http://www.copyright.mq.edu.au
- Rights
- Copyright Michael Christopher Kavanagh 2009.
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