emergence of eclectic pedagogy (slideshare version)

Emergence of eclectic pedagogy: a case study

Achilleas Kostoulas, The University of Manchester

New Dynamics of Language Learning: Places & Spaces, Intentions & Opportunities Jyväskylä, Finland: June 2011

Presentation Outline

Findings and implications

Stability Criticality Implications

A case study of language school in Greece

Space Place Methods

Language Pedagogy as a Dynamical System

Setting & Context Sub-systems Balance &

Change

Transfer as disruption

Learning group ideal

Learning group ideal

Com

merc

ial

Sect

or

Sta

te

Sect

or

Based on Holliday, A. (1994). Appropriate Methodology and Social Context. Cambridge: CUP, p. 105

Dynamical Systems: what are they?

Teachers

Students

Management

Local Coursewar

e

International Exam Boards

Parents

Local School System

Teacher training

Educational Authority Oversight

BANA methodolog

y

Local education traditions

Imported Coursewar

e

Professional body Accreditation

LocalExam Boards

Language pedagogy

Structures

Phonology Lexis Grammar Discourse

Skills

Listening Speaking Reading Writing

Case Study: a Language School in Greece

Setting

Local Context

Global Context

Transmissive Paradigm

Communicative Paradigm

Critical Paradigm

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The host institute

Privately-owned language school Located in Ioannina, Greece Evening language courses Young learners & adolescents

Informing theory

Canagarajah, A. S. (1999). Resisting linguistic imperialism in English teaching. Oxford: OUP.

Corbin, J. M., & Strauss, A. L. (2008). Basics of qualitative research (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Davis, B., & Sumara, D. J. (2006). Complexity and education. Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Holliday, A. (1994). Appropriate methodology and social context. Cambridge: CUP.

Mason, M. (2008). Complexity theory and the philosophy of education. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.

Grounded theory

Complexity

Critical

ethnograph

y

‘Thick’ description

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Data Generation Methods

Semi-structured interviews

Questionnaire surveys

Classroom observation

Documentary evidence

Dynamical StabilityTeaching and learning the grammar (sub)system

Accuracy Ethos

Testing

Lay beliefs about language

Pressure for Certification

Local coursebook

s

Public school examinations

Exam Boards

Communicative teacher training

Accountability

Accu

racy

Test

ing

Lay

belie

fs

abou

t lan

guag

e

Certification

Loca

l

cour

ses

Public

sch

ool

exam

inati

ons

Exam Boards

Comm

unicative

teacher training

Transmissive Paradigm

Communicative Paradigm

Criticality?Teaching and learning the pronunciation (sub)system

Accuracy Ethos

Examination Washback

Local coursebook

s

Communicative teacher training

Emphasis on meaning

Context awareness

Learner Attitude

s

Accu

racy

Was

hbac

kLo

cal

cour

ses

Comm

unicative

teacher training

Emphasis on

meaning

Context

awareness

Attitudes

Transmissive Paradigm

Communicative Paradigm

Critical Paradigm

Implications

Nuanced understanding of collective behaviour

Intention

Highlights potential for change

Opportunity

Thank you for your attentionAchilleas.Kostoulas@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk