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ELT Journal 1992 46(1):56-61; doi:10.1093/elt/46.1.56
© 1992 by Oxford University Press
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Teacher learning

Penny Ur

Penny Ur has been teaching English as a foreign language in Israeli schools since 1968, and has also been involved in teacher training for most of that time. She is at present teaching TEFL practice and theory at Oranim School of Education, Haifa University.

According to a rationalist view, the training of professionals (in our case, EFL teachers) should be based on the learning of research-based theory subsequently applied in practice by the individual. This article argues that such a view may be mistaken: the preparation of professional teachers should be based on the development of ‘theory of action’—a thoughtful, systematic, and principled rationale underlying practice—by means of continual interaction between the theoretical and practical components of a course.


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