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Language Curriculum Innovation in a Chinese Secondary School

A Study of Teacher Cognition and Classroom Practices

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Authors:
  1. Yan Zhu

    1. College of Foreign Languages and Literature, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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  • Delineates changes in teachers’ cognition and practices during a four-year innovation project;
  • Investigates factors influencing the implementation of curriculum innovation;
  • Provides guiding principles for researchers and practitioners conducting university-school collaborative innovation projects
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Yan Zhu
    Pages 1-21

  3. Theoretical Framework of the Study

    • Yan Zhu
    Pages 23-47

  4. Research Design

    • Yan Zhu
    Pages 49-73

  5. Changes of Teacher Cognition within Curriculum Innovation

    • Yan Zhu
    Pages 75-93

  6. Changes of Teacher and Student Behaviors in Project Classrooms

    • Yan Zhu
    Pages 95-130

  7. Teacher Cognition and Practices: Project versus Non-project and Consistency versus Inconsistency

    • Yan Zhu
    Pages 131-146

  8. Factors Influencing the Implementation of the Danyang Project

    • Yan Zhu
    Pages 147-168

  9. Conclusion

    • Yan Zhu
    Pages 169-182

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 183-247
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About this book

This book offers a comprehensive overview of the changes in foreign language teachers' cognition and practices during a four-year innovation project at a Chinese secondary school, and explores the factors that influenced the trajectory of those changes. It makes a substantial contribution to research on educational change by offering a longitudinal observation of the facts and voices in EFL settings in China; as such, the book offers a valuable resource for scholars, teacher educators, teachers, and others interested in initiating, managing and evaluating innovations in EFL classrooms.

Authors and Affiliations

  • College of Foreign Languages and Literature, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

    Yan Zhu

About the author

Dr. Yan Zhu is a Lecturer at the College of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Fudan University, China, and a research associate and teacher educator at the Shanghai Centre for Research in English Language Education. Dr. Zhu’s research focuses on FLT curriculum innovation in basic education, task-based language teaching, in-service teacher education through university-school partnerships, and classroom instruction. Her publications have appeared in prestigious international and domestic journals, including Language Teaching, System, The Modern Language Journal, Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, Foreign Language World, Modern Foreign Languages, and Foreign Language Education, among others. She is currently the principal investigator for a project supported by the National Social Science Fund of China. 
 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Language Curriculum Innovation in a Chinese Secondary School

  • Book Subtitle: A Study of Teacher Cognition and Classroom Practices

  • Authors: Yan Zhu

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-7239-0

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-10-7238-3Published: 14 December 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-5609-4Published: 04 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-10-7239-0Published: 29 November 2017

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 247

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Linguistic Anthropology, Teaching and Teacher Education, Language Education

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