English teaching and the weight of theory |
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| Authors: | Hunter McEwan |
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| Institution: | (1) College of Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Wist Annex 2, 1776 University Avenue, HI 96822 Honolulu |
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| Abstract: | The division between theory and pedagogy is an example of the more traditional division between theory and practice. The paper deals with the artificiality inherent in the institutional separation of those scholars who study within a subject area and those who study the pedagogy of the subject. The paper discusses various theoretical accounts of the nature of English to make the case that theory is imbued with pedagogy. That is, theory is not neutral about teaching. How we teach is driven by our theoretical commitments to our subject. |
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| Keywords: | Philosophy of teaching pedagogic knowledge pedagogy and theory conceptions of English as a subject |
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