CURRENTLY SOLD OUT

Breaking Rules : Generating and Exploring Alternatives in Language Teaching by John Fanselow (2012, Trade Paperback)

About this product

Product Information

"In a groundbreaking work, Breaking Rules (1987), John F. Fanselow suggested that one way of developing is to break our own rules and see what happens. If we normally teach one way, in other words, we should try teaching in the opposite way and see what effect it has. If we normally move around the class all the time, perhaps we should see what happens if we spend the whole lesson sitting in the same place. The results may be surprising but will never be less than interesting. . . . We need to have confidence and enthusiasm for investigation and discovery." (Jeremy Harmer, The Practice of English Language Teaching, 4th Edition, 2007, Longman) "As John Fanselow observes in his undeservedly little-known book, Breaking Rules, we tend to operate within a rather narrow range most of the time. The rules of the classroom game are remarkably stable. (9) In this paper, I shall argue that our teaching can benefit from a greater measure of diversity. . . . Yet, despite this rich array of human diversity (reflected by recent research in multiple intelligences, learning styles, right-left brain dominance, etc.) Fanselow's observation remains all too often true: we do operate within a rather range, and the rules (overt or covert) are remarkably stable. . . . For teachers, diversity has the potential to . . . enable them to discover things about themselves, their students and the process, which would otherwise remain unnoticed. ' . . . each rule we break provides us with another alternative rule that is self-generated and tests the validity of our preconceived notions.' (Fanselow, 6) If we never try anything different, however small, we never find out how it might have changed things. [Those who believe diversity is] a constantly self-renewing source of opportunity can find support [in] the already-mentioned, little-known, but hugely influential Breaking Rules, which advocates 'doing the opposite' as a heuristic for finding ways of doing old things. This has been more recently followed up by his Contrasting Conversations (Fanselow, 1992). A heuristic is a 'rule of thumb' (If I do this, what will happen?) [Fanselow's idea of trying the opposite] . . . is highly generative of new ideas. . . . Fanselow's point, which is worth thinking about, is that if we never try an alternative way of doing things, we never know what might have happened! Heuristics are a handy way of trying new ways of doing things. Fanselow argues that it is only by systematically breaking the unwritten rules (or habits) in our classrooms that we can discover new and possibly better ways of doing things. This is indeed a powerful heuristic, and highly generative of new ideas-some of them worth holding on to. It is interesting to note that the 'Designer Methods' of the 1970's and 80's derived much of their power and innovative thrust from the application of this heuristic. I do not, of course, wish to suggest that they all read Fanselow and consciously applied this heuristic, but retrospectively we can see that their procedures derive from the 'do the opposite' injunction [from Fanselow's Breaking Rules.]" (Alan Maley, "Where do new ideas come from?", 2005 & 2010) 2005/2010

Product Identifiers

Publisher
CreateSpace
ISBN-10
1479142360
ISBN-13
9781479142361
eBay Product ID (ePID)
144033069

Product Key Features

Author
John Fanselow
Publication Name
Breaking Rules : Generating and Exploring Alternatives in Language Teaching
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
482 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
1.1in
Item Width
6.7in
Item Weight
33.5 Oz

Additional Product Features

Target Audience
Trade
Topic
Teaching Methods & Materials / General
Genre
Education

Best Selling in Textbooks

See all

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Best Selling in Textbooks

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR by American Psychiatric Association (2022, Trade Paperback)
4.6 out of 5 stars based on 15 product ratings
$35.70 New
$32.99 Used
Self Heal by Design : The Role of Micro-organisms for Health by Barbara O'Neill (2018, Trade Paperback)
5.0 out of 5 stars based on 14 product ratings
$29.99 New
---- Used
Leadership : Theory and Practice by Peter G. Northouse (2021, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)
5.0 out of 5 stars based on 1 product rating
$19.98 New
$10.00 Used
Designing Data-Intensive Applications : The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems by Martin Kleppmann (2017, Trade Paperback)
4.9 out of 5 stars based on 17 product ratings
$18.24 New
$15.86 Used
Research Design : Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches by J. David Creswell and John W. Creswell (2022, Trade Paperback)
4.2 out of 5 stars based on 5 product ratings
$20.98 New
$18.00 Used
Cognitive Behavior Therapy : Basics and Beyond by Judith S. Beck (2020, Hardcover)
5.0 out of 5 stars based on 4 product ratings
$19.80 New
$17.66 Used
Encyclopedia of Counseling : Master Review and Tutorial for the National Counselor Examination, State Counseling Exams, and the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination by Howard Rosenthal (2017, Trade Paperback, Revised edition,New Edition)
4.9 out of 5 stars based on 17 product ratings
$22.99 New
$21.90 Used

Save on Textbooks

Current slide {CURRENT_SLIDE} of {TOTAL_SLIDES}- Save on Textbooks

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR Brand new
$32.00
Trending at $42.48
NFPA 70 National Electrical Code NEC 2023 Edition Paperback USA with Tabs (NEW)
$29.99
Trending at $34.79
International Building Code IBC 2021 International Code Council Paperback
$49.99
Trending at $63.99
International Code Council Ser.: 2021 International Residential Code by...
$51.00
Trending at $68.00
National Electrical Code Handbook, 2023 Edition
$62.99
Trending at $69.00
National Electrical Code (NEC) NFPA 70 2020 Edition Spiral USA STOCK
$33.90
Trending at $36.40

Shop by category

Breaking Rules : Generating and Exploring Alternatives in Language Teaching by John Fanselow (2012, Trade Paperback)

About this product

Product Information

Product Identifiers

Product Key Features

Dimensions

Additional Product Features

Best Selling in Textbooks

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR by American Psychiatric Association (2022, Trade Paperback)

Self Heal by Design : The Role of Micro-organisms for Health by Barbara O'Neill (2018, Trade Paperback)

Leadership : Theory and Practice by Peter G. Northouse (2021, Trade Paperback, Revised edition)

Designing Data-Intensive Applications : The Big Ideas Behind Reliable, Scalable, and Maintainable Systems by Martin Kleppmann (2017, Trade Paperback)

Research Design : Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches by J. David Creswell and John W. Creswell (2022, Trade Paperback)

Cognitive Behavior Therapy : Basics and Beyond by Judith S. Beck (2020, Hardcover)

Encyclopedia of Counseling : Master Review and Tutorial for the National Counselor Examination, State Counseling Exams, and the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination by Howard Rosenthal (2017, Trade Paperback, Revised edition,New Edition)

Save on Textbooks

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-5-TR Brand new

NFPA 70 National Electrical Code NEC 2023 Edition Paperback USA with Tabs (NEW)

International Building Code IBC 2021 International Code Council Paperback

International Code Council Ser.: 2021 International Residential Code by...

National Electrical Code Handbook, 2023 Edition

National Electrical Code (NEC) NFPA 70 2020 Edition Spiral USA STOCK

You may also like

Teaching Paperback Textbooks

Nonfiction Teaching Paperbacks Books

Paperback Language Course

Paperback Language Course in English

Italian Paperback Language Course

Spanish Paperback Language Course