2. Beliefs
• Culturally developed;
• Linked to values;
• Formed early in life;
• Resistant to change;
• Difficult to measure.
3. What do beliefs affect in a teacher?
•Behavior;
•Lesson planning;
•Attitudes and values towards learning;
•“…subsequent thinking and information
processing, reshaping, distorting and
redifining” them. (Nespor 1987.)
5. The language teacher should:
-show self-confidence;
-respect learners to express themselves;
-create the learning atmosphere;
-consider cognitive and affective aspects.
Santiago, September 4th, 2012
Prof. Manu
6. Reflective cases
Think of teachers you have had. Comment with
their beliefs towards learners. Describe
situations in which the class was seen as:
• resisters;
• receptacles;
• raw material;
• Clients;
• individual explorers;
• democratic explorers.
