Challenges in Curriculum Development: A Singapore Model for EFL Tertiary Educators from China

Autor/inn/en	Alsagoff, Lubna; Low, Ee-Ling
Titel	Challenges in Curriculum Development: A Singapore Model for EFL Tertiary Educators from China
Quelle	In: RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 38 (2007) 2, S.229-246 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0033-6882
DOI	10.1177/0033688207079707
Schlagwörter	Curriculum Development; Economic Progress; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); Teacher Education Programs; Global Approach; Language Teachers; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Sociocultural Patterns; International Programs; Foreign Students; China; Singapore + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Economic growth; Wirtschaftswachstum; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Globales Denken; Language teacher; Sprachunterricht; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Soziokulturelle Theorie; Singapur
Abstract	The Postgraduate Diploma in English Language Teaching (PGDELT) programme at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore provides an interesting case study of how economic and entrepreneurial concerns and aspirations in modern university settings have played a role alongside pedagogical motivations in shaping the development of the curriculum of English Language Teaching (ELT) teacher education programmes. In this article, we trace the development of the PGDELT which began as a programme to train the classroom practitioner to one that aspires to also develop the transformative intellectual. While this evolution has clearly been motivated by sociocultural and pedagogical concerns viz. changing teacher education paradigms and national educational initiatives, economic developments such as China's rapid economic progress and the expanding role of English as a global language in the region have also provided a significant impetus. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10