Moving beyond Technicism in English-Language Teacher Education

A Case Study from Turkey

Yasemin Tezgiden Cakcak (Author)

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Moving beyond Technicism in English-Language Teacher Education

A Case Study from Turkey

Yasemin Tezgiden Cakcak (Author)

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Drawing attention to the threats that an overreliance on teaching techniques poses for teacher creativity, student voice, and the well-being of democracy, Moving beyond Technicism in English-Language Teacher Education advocates a critical approach to education. Using the author’s own personal experiences, this book offers a critical analysis of the technicist English-language teacher education programs introduced by Turkey’s Council of Higher Education in the neoliberal period. Beginning with the implementation of critical education at the Village Institutes in the early years of the Republic of Turkey, the book documents how teacher education practices in Turkey evolved from liberatory to mechanic with the influence of the Cold War. By demonstrating the author’s own critical teacher education practices, the book explores the impact of critical teacher education on pre-service and in-service teachers’ perceptions and practice. Highlighting the ethical responsibilities of educators, the book calls for a critical, democratic, and humanizing approach to teacher preparation.

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Technicism and Beyond

Chapter 3: Teaching: Servitude or Transformation?

Chapter 4: Educational History of Turkey

Chapter 5: English Language Teacher Education in Turkey Based on a PhD Dissertation

Chapter 6: Practising Critical English Language Teacher Education

Chapter 7: Counter-Hegemonic Acts of a Transformative Intellectual Teacher

Chapter 8: Conclusion

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About the Author

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Published	01 Aug 2019
Format	Ebook (PDF)
Edition	1st
Extent	1
ISBN	9781978776630
Imprint	Lexington Books
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

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Yasemin Tezgiden Cakcak

I strongly recommend this book to teachers who teach English as a second language as well as other subject teachers interested in transformative teaching and anyone who wants to know about Turkish Educational system.

Rifat Okçabol, Bogaziçi University
In this thought-provocative work, Yasemin Tezgiden Cakcak skillfully destabilizes our inherent assumptions about the link between English language teaching and teacher education by resituating a complex myriad of issues in a broader sociopolitical context…A transformative intellectual experience for those who seek alternatives to blind practices propagated by neoliberal policies, and forge counter-hegemonic spaces and pathways towards a critical English language teaching and teacher education.

Ali Fuad Selvi, Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus