
Critical Reflection and the Foreign Language Classroom
Terry A. Osborn(Editor)
Information Age Publishing
Will be published approx. on 31. May 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-59311-313-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book introduces pre-service and in-service foreign language teachers to the basic concepts of critical educational study as applied to the sociological position occupied by foreign language education in the United States. Although contemporary foreign language teachers typically know about second language acquisition and instructional methodology, they are not prepared to understand issues of power in relation to, for example, language variety, language status, and education. The author addresses issues such as the supposed "failure" of foreign language education, the educational filter role played by language classes, the concept of foreignness as seen in national standards, language curricula and textbooks, and the implications of these issues in terms of power relationships and cultural mediation both in and out of the classroom. The reader is encouraged to analyze the forms of cultural struggle which can be found within the foreign language classrooms of the United States including the likely impact those struggles have on members of the dominant and subordinate cultures. Teachers are led through the development of skills in critical reflection and pedagogical application geared to social justice.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Charlotte
United States
Publishing group
Emerald Publishing Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
266 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-59311-313-1 (9781593113131)
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03/2005
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Content
Preface.
Chapter 1. Highlights of Research Results.
Chapter 2. Supply Chain Management: Strategic Issues.
Chapter 3. Supply Chain Management: Operational Issues.
Chapter 4. Supply Chain Management: International Cases.
Chapter 5. Just-in-Time Management.
Chapter 6. Demand Forecasting.
Chapter 7. Inventory Management and Scheduling.
Chapter 8. Outsourcing and Purchasing.
Chapter 9. Buyer-Supplier Relations.
Chapter 10. Total Quality Management.
Chapter 11. Marketing and Sales Management.
Chapter 12. Manufacturing Management-Domestic.
Chapter 13. Manufacturing Management-International.
Chapter 14. Transportation and Logistics Management.
Chapter 15. Teamwork and Project Management.
Chapter 16. Human Resource Management.
Chapter 17. Organizational Issues in Supply Chain.
Chapter 18. Firm Performance and Supply Chains.
Chapter 19. Function-Triggered Performance.
Chapter 1. Highlights of Research Results.
Chapter 2. Supply Chain Management: Strategic Issues.
Chapter 3. Supply Chain Management: Operational Issues.
Chapter 4. Supply Chain Management: International Cases.
Chapter 5. Just-in-Time Management.
Chapter 6. Demand Forecasting.
Chapter 7. Inventory Management and Scheduling.
Chapter 8. Outsourcing and Purchasing.
Chapter 9. Buyer-Supplier Relations.
Chapter 10. Total Quality Management.
Chapter 11. Marketing and Sales Management.
Chapter 12. Manufacturing Management-Domestic.
Chapter 13. Manufacturing Management-International.
Chapter 14. Transportation and Logistics Management.
Chapter 15. Teamwork and Project Management.
Chapter 16. Human Resource Management.
Chapter 17. Organizational Issues in Supply Chain.
Chapter 18. Firm Performance and Supply Chains.
Chapter 19. Function-Triggered Performance.