Kennedy, Judith. (2002) Developing intuition in marginal trainees on teaching practice. English Language Teacher Education and Development, Vol.7 . pp. 44-53. ISSN 1365-3741

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Abstract

The current approach to teacher professionalism is that articulated and conscious explication of our actions is all – by examining, reflecting, reframing, considering and analysing our teaching decisions we will be able to both understand our own actions and that of our learners and consequently improve on them. But such a conception of professionalism has its problems because when we look at how experts work we can see that expertise in whatever skill or profession depends to a large extent on fluid, largely unconscious performance where it is often not easy to either recall why we did what we did, or what kind of reasons informed our decisions but we know that it “felt right” and that “it worked”. Such implicit ways of behaviour are essential in any complex decision making situation because otherwise of course we would be unable to move forward with the ease and fluency that are required of a professional.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Applied Linguistics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Reflective teaching, Teachers -- Training of, Teachers -- Psychological aspects, Intuition
Journal or Publication Title:	English Language Teacher Education and Development
Publisher:	University of Warwick
ISSN:	1365-3741
Date:	2002
Volume:	Vol.7
Page Range:	pp. 44-53
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
References:	Atkinson, Lucy (2000) Trusting your own judgement. In The Intuitive Practitioner eds. Terry Atkinson & Guy Claxton. Open University Press Claxton, Guy (2000) The anatomy of intuition. In The Intuitive Practitioner eds. Terry Atkinson Guy Claxton. Open University Press DeMarco, G. & McCullick (1997) Developing Expertise in Coaching: Learning from the Legends. Journal of PE, Recreation and Dance. Vol.68, No.3.37-41 John, Peter D. (1996) The supervisory process in teacher education: learning event or learning bind? In Liberating the Learner Eds. Guy Claxton, Terry Atkinson, Marilyn Osborn & Mike Wallace. Routledge. Kennedy, Judith (1995) The Marginal Teacher – working with teachers who are struggling to survive. The Teacher Trainer, Vol.9:10-14
URI:	http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/3251

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