Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | The article surveys recent trends in language teaching thinking in terms of the distinction between the technological and ecological perspectives on teaching and learning. The ecological perspective on language teaching focuses attention on the subjective reality which various aspects of the teaching-learning process assume for participants, and on the dynamic interaction between methodology and context. It thus confronts us with the complex and multifaceted nature of teaching and learning as they are actually lived out in specific settings. In this way, it makes it necessary to adopt a "local" approach to pedagogical decision making. Subsequent to a survey of the trends which have led to the emergence of the ecological perspective, the article focuses on the factors that need to be taken into account in the practical realisation of an ecological approach to language teaching. These include a re-evaluation of the relation between theory and practice, the development of a research agenda capable of accessing the complex human realities of teaching and learning, and a rethinking of the bases of pedagogical decision making. © 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
