A critical ethnography of 'Westerners' teaching English in China : Shanghaied in Shanghai /
Tens of thousands of Western 'teachers', many of whom would not be considered teachers elsewhere, are employed to teach English in public and private education in China. Little has previously been known, except anecdotally, about their experiences, about the effect they have on education i...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York :
Routledge,
2013.
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Colección: | Routledge critical studies in Asian education.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Tens of thousands of Western 'teachers', many of whom would not be considered teachers elsewhere, are employed to teach English in public and private education in China. Little has previously been known, except anecdotally, about their experiences, about the effect they have on education in the context, or on students' perceptions of 'the West' that result from this contact. This book is an ethnographic study of Westerners' lived experiences teaching English in Shanghai, China. It is based on three years of groundbreaking research into the pre-service training, classroom practices, personal. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 276 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 113513569X 9781135135690 9780203078051 0203078055 9781299156753 1299156754 9781135135683 1135135681 |