Teachers as Course Developers
Author | : Kathleen Graves |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 1996-02-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780521497688 |
ISBN-13 | : 052149768X |
Rating | : 4/5 (68X Downloads) |
Download or read book Teachers as Course Developers written by Kathleen Graves and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-02-23 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teachers as Course Developers is a book about how language teachers themselves rather than curriculum specialists develop and implement their own courses. It uses a unique case study approach featuring the stories of six teachers who successfully designed their own courses in different settings in Japan, the U.S., and Latin America. The book provides a framework for the processes of course development which any teacher can use in developing his or her own courses. Each chapter highlights a different aspect of the framework based on the particular teacher s approach and examines how the teacher has utilized or departed from the framework in meeting the challenges of a particular situation. Each narrative is followed by a set of tasks and discussion questions. An annotated bibliography is also included.