Title Statements
- Full title :Professional Development Through Mentoring : Novice ESL Teachers' Identity Formation and Professional Practice.
Summary
In their book, Othman and Senom provide a unique insight into the challenges faced by novice English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers andestablish how mentoring can provide effective support for new teachers' professional development. Thebook demonstrates the theoretical background for viewing mentoring as a process crucial to novice teachers' development, particularly to the teachers' ability to succeed and grow in a specific workplace environment. Using case studies from a Malaysian context, this book provides a comprehensive understanding of how mentoring can serve as a strategy to facilitate the transition of novice ESL teachers from a teacher education programme to life in real classrooms. Through its case studies, the book will examine both theoretical and practical issues for mentors, teacher educators, policymakers, and administratorswhen mentoring new ESL teachers. This bookwill bevaluableto researchers who are particularly interestedin exploring novice teachers' identity development, and experienced teachers to help guide new teachers through the socialization process in their schools.
Read More ↓Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2019.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Milton
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (127 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780429780967, 0429780966, 9780429433092, 0429433093, 9780429780943, 042978094X, 9780429780950, 0429780958
- oclc:on1111982179
- LC Classification:LB1731
- Dewey Decimal:428.00715
Table of Contents
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Understanding novice teachers; 3 The professional development of ESL teachers; 4 Mentoring; 5 The case studies; 6 Enhancing professional knowledge through mentoring; 7 Professional practice development through mentoring; 8 Professional identity formation through mentoring; 9 Revisiting the novice ESL teachers' mentoring programme; References; Index
Read More ↓Subjects
Writers
More from this Series
No reviews yet. Be the first to rate this work.
Rate & Review