From Trainee to Teacher - Reflective Practice for Novice Teachers - Thomas S.C. Farrell
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From Trainee to Teacher - Reflective Practice for Novice Teachers - Thomas S.C. Farrell
Thomas S.C. Farrell [+]
Brock University
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Thomas S.C. Farrell is Professor of Applied Linguistics at Brock University, Canada. His professional interests include Reflective Practice, and Language Teacher Education & Development. He has published widely and has presented at major conferences worldwide on these topics. His webpage is: www.reflectiveinquiry.ca
Description
Chapter 7 explores the perceptions of all three novice ESL teachers concept of teaching style from an analysis of all the transcripts of the group meetings. Teaching style reflects the teacher’s values, beliefs, which are reflected in how a teacher acts during the teaching and learning process in a classroom and the chapter outlines and discusses how the three novice ESL teachers teaching style was influenced by their personality, their experience of what works best, their teaching methods and by established practice.