Innovative Practices in Language Teacher Education

1. Introduction
Tammy S. Gregersen, Peter D. MacIntyre

Part I. “Intra” Innovations

2. Innovating My Thinking and Practices as a Language Teacher Educator Through My Work as a Researcher
Paula Golombek

3. Idiodynamics: An Innovative Method to Build Emotional Intelligence Through Systematic Self-Assessment/Reflection/Critique
Tammy S. Gregersen, Peter D. MacIntyre

4. Shifting Relations: EFL Pre-service Teachers’ Sense of Self as a Network of Relationships
Sarah Mercer

5. The Brain Studies Boom: Using Neuroscience in ESL/EFL Teacher Training
Curtis Kelly

Part II. “Cross-over” Innovations

6. Teaching with Heart and Soul
Sarah Mercer, Christina Gkonou

7. Peace through Understanding: Peace Activities as Innovations in Language Teacher Education
Rebecca Oxford

8. Jobs, Careers and Callings: Adapting Positive Psychology Tasks for Use in ESL/EFL and Other Language Classes and Teacher Education
Marc Helgesen

Part III. “Inter” Innovations

9. Innovating Teacher Development: Transformative Teacher Education Through Classroom Inquiry
Anne Burns

10. Becoming a Process Researcher of One’s Own Development: Using an Identity Mapping Model to Make Sense of Transformation Dynamics During the Practicum
Alastair Henry, Mona Tynkkinen

11. The Role of Teaching a Novel Language in an SLA Content Course
Amy S. Thompson

12. Asking Students to Teach: Gardening in the Jungle
Tim Murphey

Avainsanat: Education, Language Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, Applied Linguistics