Early Professional Development in EFL Teaching

Chitose Asaoka is a Professor in the Faculty of Foreign Languages, Dokkyo University, Japan. Her research interests include teacher education and professional development.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Educational Reforms in JapanChapter 3. Professional Development in Initial Teacher Education             Chapter 4. Teaching Culture in Japan      Chapter 5. Case StudiesChapter 6. Preservice Teachers’ Perspectives on Teaching            Chapter 7. Factors that Affect Initial Teacher Education  Chapter 8. Mediational Tools: Narrowing the Gap between Theory and Practice Chapter 9. A Critical Reflection: Professional Development in Initial Teacher Education in Japan

Asaoka has ethnographically, psychologically, and socially described the early professional development of preservice EFL teachers in Japan in ways that will help teacher-trainers globally facilitate their own training courses. Readers will especially appreciate Asaoka’s detailed case studies which show the needs of new teachers and possible interventions at various stages.