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1、ReconceptualizingtheKnowledge-BaseofLanguageTeacherEducationDONALDFREEMANSchoolforInternationalTrainingKARENE.JOHNSONPennsylvaniaStateUniversityMovingbeyondthehistoricalandtheoreticaltraditionsthathavedefinedteachereducationinTESOLoverthelastquartercentury,inthisintroductorypieceweargueforareco

2、nceptualizationoftheknowledge-baseofESOLteachereducation.Essentialtothisrecon-ceptualizationisthepremisethattheinstitutionalformsandprocessesofteachereducationframehowtheprofessionrespondstothebasicsocioculturalprocessesoflearningtoteach.Assuch,ourteachereducationpracticesconstituteourprofessi

3、onalself-definition.Wear-guethatthecoreofthenewknowledge-basemustfocusontheactivityofteachingitself;itshouldcenterontheteacherwhodoesit,thecontextsinwhichitisdone,andthepedagogybywhichitisdone.Moreover,thisknowledge-baseshouldincludeformsofknowledgerepresentationthatdocumentteacherlearningwithi

4、nthesocial,cul-tural,andinstitutionalcontextsinwhichitoccurs.Finally,webelievetheknowledge-baseoflanguageteachereducationneedstoaccountfortheteacherasalearnerofteaching,thesocialcontextofschoolsandschoolingwithinwhichteacher-learningandteachingoccur,andtheactivitiesofbothlanguageteachingandlan

5、guagelearning.ThistripartiteframeworkcallsforabroaderepistemologicalviewofESOLteachereducation,onethataccountsforteachingasitislearnedandasitispracticed;wearguethatitwillultimatelyredefinehowweasteachereducatorscreateprofessionalsinTESOL.Inassemblingthisspecial-topicissueofTESOLQuarterlyonEngli

6、shlanguageteachereducation,werecognizethatwehaveembarkedonacomplexundertaking.WhereastheteachingofEnglishhasbeencentraltoTESOL’smissionsincetheassociation’sfoundingin1966,researchonlanguageteachereducationhasbeennoticeablymissingfromtheprofessionaldiscourse.AsearchoftheTESOLQuarterlycumulative

7、indexesfrom1980to1997revealsthatonly9%oftheTESOLQUARTERLYVol.32,No.3,Autumn1998397featuredarticlesarelistedunderthetopicteacherpreparation.ThesecriticallylownumbersinthepremierrefereedjournalinthefieldofTESOLareevidenceofproblemsnotofacc