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Living with Curriculum Change: An Overview

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International Perspectives on Teachers Living with Curriculum Change

Part of the book series: International Perspectives on English Language Teaching ((INPELT))

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Here we situate the book in today’s global English Language Teaching context, and provide our rationale for exploring teachers ’ experiences of implementing complex English curriculum changes. We outline the structure of the book and explain the methodology used to gather the teachers stories that represent the core of each of the following chapters. The chapter ends with a series of questions that invite you to link important issues raised by the teachers’ stories that follow, to your own experiences of ‘living with curriculum change’.

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    Martin Wedell & Laura Grassick

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Wedell, M., Grassick, L. (2018). Living with Curriculum Change: An Overview. In: Wedell, M., Grassick, L. (eds) International Perspectives on Teachers Living with Curriculum Change. International Perspectives on English Language Teaching. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54309-7_1

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