Narrative Inquiry in TESOL and Language Teacher Education

• 作者: Wenli Zhang
• 来源期刊: 美中教育评论:A
• 学科: 文学
• 关键词: NARRATIVE INQUIRY EDUCATION TESOL LANGUAGE TEACHER EDUCATION
• 年，卷（期）: mzjypl-a_2019,（4）
• 页码范围: 182-191
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: H31

摘要

Many scholars in social science have advocated and appreciated narrative inquiry as a useful research tool.Additionally,the pedagogical functions of narrative inquiry have been recognized and valued,and narrative inquiry creates a space for mediation from knowledgeable others and further enhances language teacher development.Studies have explored and affirmed the irreplaceable functions of mediation from teacher educators to ignite the transformative power of narrative inquiry for language teacher development.In order to comprehensively appreciate and properly adopt narrative inquiry in social science studies,language teacher education in particular,this article provides a review of narrative inquiry by exploring its application in the field of education,its usage in teaching English to speakers of other language(TESOL)and language teacher education,and its benefits as well as limitations in social science studies.This article highly advocates for the use of narrative inquiry and also provides suggestions and implications for future research and teaching.