Exploring Teachers’ Factors Affecting Learner-centered English Classroom Interaction in a Senior High School

Exploring Teachers’ Factors Affecting Learner-centered English Classroom Interaction in a Senior High School

论文摘要

目前课堂互动因其重要性而逐渐成为国内外研究热点。而国内课堂互动的效果往往不能令人满意,尤其在中学课堂。诸多学者也就这一现象展开了追因研究。以学生为中心这一人文理念是学者(如Holec,1979;Nunan,1988等)给交际语言教学法提出的教学原则,它更加关注学习者作为“人”的学习,注重学习的过程性,强调学习者的参与。因此有学者,如谢洪亮(2003)、陈清(2005)等将课堂互动和以学生为中心的理念结合起来。但文献阅读表明,深入中学真实课堂来探究以学生为中心的课堂互动情况以及挖掘背后隐藏的因素颇为少见。基于人文主义精神和社会互动理论,本研究将以学生为中心的理念和课堂互动相结合,通过文献总结出了其主要特征。旨在与所观察的真实课堂互动情况对比,并找出影响以学生为中心的课堂互动的教师方面的因素。具体来说,试图回答两个问题:1)本研究的高中英语课堂互动有哪些特征?2)教师因素怎样导致这些特征的形成而影响以学生为中心的英语课堂互动的开展?本文试图采用个案研究法对以学生为中心的课堂互动做一次深层次的探究,研究对象为4位不同教龄,不同教育背景和生活经验的老师,三女一男。数据收集历时一个学年(2006.9-2007.7)。数据形式包括问卷调查、课堂录音,结构式、半结构式采访、教师日志以及学生的邮件。利用布朗(Brown,1975)的课堂互动分析系统(BIAS)得出被观察课堂的互动特征并找出了其不足。再由文献得出的分析框架即,教师信念、课堂教学以及个人综合素质三方面分析这些不足的影响因素。研究发现此高中英语课堂上学生仍处于被动地位,没有发挥个体主动性,课堂教学互动基本上仍处于以教师为中心的层次,因而总结了此课堂的主要的互动特征。基于此结论,进一步调查表明:隐性的教师信念、显性的课堂教学以及综合性的教师个性因素这三大因素综合起来从不同程度、不同方面影响以学生为中心的课堂互动的开展,并在不同教龄阶段的教师身上表现各异。经验教师固守原有的教学理念不放,利用娴熟的课堂教学技能和个人魅力驾御课堂;非经验教师在老带新的帮教体制下挣扎着改变自己的教学理念,并学着提高课堂教学技能,走考试高效的“技术理性”路线(Grundy,1987)。本文试图从一种新的研究视角,即教师视角来探讨以学生为中心的高中英语课堂互动的影响因素,旨在理解这些因素,以期对教师重构个人信念,提高课堂教学以及提升个人素质等方面有所帮助,也对教师培训和发展有所启示。在研究方法和数据搜集分析上存在某些片面或主观,有待于进一步深化和完善。

论文目录

  • Acknowledgements
  • Abstract
  • 摘要
  • Abbreviations
  • Chapter one Introduction
  • 1.1 Origin of the study
  • 1.2 Aims and rationales for the study
  • 1.3 Structure of the thesis
  • Chapter Two Literature Review
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Theoretical bases
  • 2.2.1 Social interaction
  • 2.2.2 Humanistic language teaching
  • 2.3 Classrrom interaction(CI)
  • 2.3.1 Definitions and significances of classroom interaction
  • 2.3.2 Classifications of classroom interaction
  • 2.4. Learner-centered approach(LCA)
  • 2.4.1 Definitions and significances of LCA
  • 2.4.2 Features of LCA in LCCI
  • 2.4.2.1 Teachers' conceptions of learning and teaching
  • 2.4.2.2 Roles of teachers
  • 2.4.2.3 Classroom activities in learner-centered classroom
  • 2.5 Teachers' factors affecting classroom interaction and learner-centeredness
  • 2.5.1 Teachers' beliefs
  • 2.5.2 Teachers' classroom instructions
  • 2.5.3 Teachers'personal attributes
  • 2.6 Relevant studies
  • 2.7 Summary
  • Chapter Three Methodology
  • 3.1 Research setting
  • 3.2 Research questions
  • 3.3 Research subjects
  • 3.4 Research method: case study
  • 3.5 Data collection
  • 3.6 Data analysis
  • Chapter Four Results and discussions
  • 4.1 Features of the classroom interaction observed
  • 4.1.1 Dominations of pedagogical CI
  • 4.1.2 Lack of personal CI
  • 4.1.3 Routinization of social CI
  • 4.2 Teachers' factors affecting LCCI
  • 4.2.1 Teachers'beliefs
  • 4.2.1.1 Belief about teaching and learning
  • 4.2.1.2 Beliefs about students
  • 4.2.1.3 Beliefs about teaching contents
  • 4.2.2 Teachers' classroom instruction
  • 4.2.2.1 Setting teaching objectives
  • 4.2.2.2 Choosing learning experiences
  • 4.2.2.3 Organizing learning activities
  • 4.2.2.4 Assessing learning purposes
  • 4.2.3 Teachers' personal attributes
  • 4.2.3.1 Attitudes and passions
  • 4.2.3.2 Reflective abilities
  • 4.2.3.3 Teaching stereotypes
  • 4.3 Summary
  • Chapter Five Implications
  • 5.1 Refraining teachers' beliefs about LCCI
  • 5.2 Promoting teachers' classroom instructions
  • 5.3 Improving teachers' all-around dispositions
  • Chapter Six Conclusion
  • 6.1 Major findings
  • 6.2 Limitations and issues for further research
  • References
  • Appendices
  • Appendix 1 Questionnaire
  • Appendix 2 Excerpts of the four teachers' class transcriptions
  • 2.1 Binxian's(2006.12.17)
  • 2.2 Meiju's (2007/3/7)
  • 2.3 Xiao Yan's (2006.12.19)
  • 2.4 Zheng Dan's (2006.12.18)
  • Appendix 3 Themes of excerpt interviews on the four teachers
  • 3.1 Interviews on teachers' beliefs
  • 3.2 Interviews on teachers' classroom instruction
  • Appendix 4 Reflective journals and students' e-mail
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