Vietnamese English Language Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in the Asia-Pacific Region
Much has been written about approaches to teaching and learning, the 'good' teacher, the 'good' learner and in particular how notions of these may differ regionally. Even more focus has been placed upon the links between culture, pedagogy and learning practices especially with le...
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2013
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| description | Much has been written about approaches to teaching and learning, the 'good' teacher, the 'good' learner and in particular how notions of these may differ regionally. Even more focus has been placed upon the links between culture, pedagogy and learning practices especially with learners from Asian backgrounds.This article documents responses, reflections and narratives collected from 10 Vietnamese English language teachers on site in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam in an interpretivist-interactionist study which was qualitative in its approach. Through the use of semi-structured interviews, participants reflected upon what made a 'good' teacher and a 'good' learner concluding, on the whole, that personal characteristics are as important as technique or strategy. Some participants also reported having mixed feelings about Western educational theory and related teaching practices and were either critical of notions of Asians as reproductive, passive and uncritical in their learning approach or offered insights into the reasons for these approaches to learning. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-191482017-05-30T08:11:14Z Vietnamese English Language Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in the Asia-Pacific Region Dobinson, Toni the 'good' learner Western educational discourses Asian approaches to learning the 'good' teacher internationalisation Much has been written about approaches to teaching and learning, the 'good' teacher, the 'good' learner and in particular how notions of these may differ regionally. Even more focus has been placed upon the links between culture, pedagogy and learning practices especially with learners from Asian backgrounds.This article documents responses, reflections and narratives collected from 10 Vietnamese English language teachers on site in Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam in an interpretivist-interactionist study which was qualitative in its approach. Through the use of semi-structured interviews, participants reflected upon what made a 'good' teacher and a 'good' learner concluding, on the whole, that personal characteristics are as important as technique or strategy. Some participants also reported having mixed feelings about Western educational theory and related teaching practices and were either critical of notions of Asians as reproductive, passive and uncritical in their learning approach or offered insights into the reasons for these approaches to learning. 2013 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19148 University of Danang fulltext |
| spellingShingle | the 'good' learner Western educational discourses Asian approaches to learning the 'good' teacher internationalisation Dobinson, Toni Vietnamese English Language Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| title | Vietnamese English Language Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| title_full | Vietnamese English Language Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| title_fullStr | Vietnamese English Language Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vietnamese English Language Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| title_short | Vietnamese English Language Teachers' Perspectives on Teaching and Learning in the Asia-Pacific Region |
| title_sort | vietnamese english language teachers' perspectives on teaching and learning in the asia-pacific region |
| topic | the 'good' learner Western educational discourses Asian approaches to learning the 'good' teacher internationalisation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19148 |