A Critical Review of Empirical Studies on Language Teacher Development from the Complexity Theory Perspective(2010-2023)
In order to reveal the explanatory power of the complexity theory on language teacher development,this paper firstly analyzes the changes in ontology,epistemology,methodology and axiology brought to language teacher development research by the complex system paradigm underlying the complexity theory.Then it conducts a critical review of empirical studies on language teacher development from the complexity theory perspective at home and abroad,so as to draw an overall picture of studies in this field.Based on the analysis of the limitations of previous studies,it proposes three implications for future research which will promote practices for language teacher development:enacting the axiology of perturbating the fluid reality and studying the whole system,adopting new research methods effective in revealing features of complex systems,and conducting more empirical studies.
the complex system paradigmcomplexity theorylanguage teacherteacher development
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