tracing dynamics of intentions in greek elt
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Tracing dynamics of intentions in Greek ELT . Achilleas Kostoulas. 1 0 th Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG Recognizing complexity in language learning and teaching , 3-4 July 2014. Intentionality. a driver of activity within a system (Stelma 2011) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Tracing dynamics of intentions in Greek ELT
Achilleas Kostoulas
10th Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIGRecognizing complexity in language learning and teaching, 3-4 July 2014
Intentionality• a driver of activity within a system
(Stelma 2011)
• Properties:– Collective– Emergent– Generative
• Part of ‘dynamics of intentions’ (Young, DePalma, & Garrett, 2002)
Innovation ???????
Self-organisation
I n t e n ti o n a l i t y
Heterogeneity
Intentionalities• Credentialism• Protectionism• International Integration• Cultural Awareness• Supplementation
Credentialism
Credentialism
Glob
al
Cont
ext
Loca
l Co
ntex
tLa
ngua
ge
Scho
ol
Increase motivation
Maintain standards
Enhance reputation
Value attached to certificates
CLT ideology
Protectionism
Credentialism
Glob
al
Cont
ext
Loca
l Co
ntex
tLa
ngua
ge
Scho
ol
Priority of experiential knowledge
Valuation of local Pedagogical Content Knowledge
Perceived particularity of the students’ knowledge & needs
Locally published materials
Dynamic(s) of intentions
Certi
ficati
on
Integration
Cultural
awareness
Suppleme
ntation
Protection
ism
Communicative
Transmissive
Critical?
Types of change (1)From lesson to lesson
Certi
ficati
on
Suppleme
ntation
Protec
tionism
Reading lesson
Certification
Writing lesson
Integration
Types of change (2)From level to level
Suppleme
ntation
Protec
tionism
Beginners
Supplementation
Certification
Upper Intermediate
Cultural
awareness
Types of change (3)From year to year
Certification
Cultural
awareness
Suppleme
ntation
Protectionis
mDistant past
Certification
Cult.
awaren
ess
Suppleme
ntation
Protectionism
More recently
Integration
OutcomesNon-linear: the outcome was different
from the ‘aggregate’ of the intentionalities present in the system
e.g., ‘supplementation’ functions differently depending on context
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