Open AccessTransmissive and transformative approaches to language teacher education
Author(s) -
Jack C. Richards
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indonesian jelt
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2655-1977
pISSN - 0216-1281
DOI - 10.25170/ijelt.v12i1.1459
Subject(s) - transformative learning , process (computing) , pedagogy , product (mathematics) , mathematics education , sociology , teacher education , early childhood education , computer science , psychology , mathematics , geometry , operating system
In this paper I compare two contrasting educational philosophies that have had a significant impact on the way we approach and understand our practice as teacher educators. These have been labeled in several ways such as top-down versus bottom-up or product versus process based. I will characterize them a transmission-based approach and an ecological approach. My aim here is to describe and compare these two approaches and suggest how they offer complementary perspectives on the nature and practices of second language teacher education.