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Team Teaching Styles Utilized in Japan: Do They Really Work?
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Carley, Harry F., III – Journal of International Education Research, 2013
This paper continues the debate over TT (team-teaching) benefits and detriments. TT has been utilized extensively in Japan in English Language instructional courses at the elementary and junior high school levels over the past 20 years. Although at times satirical, the author in all seriousness discusses TT and; its advantages and disadvantages in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Team Teaching, Instructional Effectiveness, English (Second Language)
Voices from Team-Teaching Classrooms: A Case Study in Junior High Schools in Japan
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Fujimoto-Adamson, Naoki – Business Communication Quarterly, 2010
Team-teaching between a Japanese teacher of language (JTL) and a native-English speaker assistant language teacher (ALT) has been widely implemented in English-language classrooms in Japanese schools for more than 20 years under the Japan Exchange Teaching Program (JET) launched in 1987. This study focuses on the classroom roles and…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Classroom Communication, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Professional Development through "Kizuki"--Cognitive, Emotional, and Collegial Awareness
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Sakamoto, Nami – Teacher Development, 2011
The author traced an English as a foreign language (EFL) teacher's professional development by examining her narrative and identifying the transformation of her awareness or "kizuki". "Kizuki," which is unique to Japanese culture, implies a sudden feeling of inner understanding of a phenomenon and can be roughly translated as…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Ownership, Faculty Development, English (Second Language)