Post-Method Language Teaching & Evidence-based Teaching (TEFL 1.4)

“Post-method” thinking in language teaching and eclectic approach. Evidence-based pedagogy and meta-analyses, including John Hattie's "Visible learning" synthesis. SECTIONS ========= 00:00 - Introduction 00:13 - Are all methods effective? 01:42 - Post-method thinking 03:00 - Evidence-based practice 04:19 - Meta-analysis 05:30 - Meta-analyses in education 05:51 - Hattie's "Visible learning" SOURCES ======== Post-method thinking and eclectism ———————————————————— - Ur, P. (2013). Language-teaching method revisited. ELT Journal, 67(4), 468–474. https://doi.org/10.1093/elt/cct041 - Brown, H. D. (2002). English language teaching in the “post-method” era: Toward better diagnosis, treatment, and assessment. In J. C. Richards & W. A. Renandya (Eds.), Methodology in language teaching: An anthology of current practice (pp. 9–18). Cambridge University Press. www.cambridge.org/9780521808293 - Celce-Murcia, M. (2014). An overview of language teaching methods and approaches. In M. Celce-Murcia, D. Brinton, & M. A. Snow (Eds.), Teaching English as a second or foreign language (4th ed., pp. 2–14). National Geographic Learning. - Prabhu, N. S. (1990). There is no best method-Why? TESOL Quarterly, 24(2), 161. https://doi.org/10.2307/3586897 Second-order meta-analyses of education by John Hattie ———————————————————————————————— - Hattie, J., & Yates, G. (2014). Visible learning and the science of how we learn. Routledge. - Hattie, J. (2009). Visible learning: A synthesis of over 800 meta-analyses relating to achievement. Routledge. - Hattie, J. (2012). Visible learning for teachers: Maximizing impact on learning. Routledge. - Hattie, J. (2015). Teacher-ready research review: The applicability of visible learning to higher education. Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Psychology, 1(1), 79–91. https://doi.org/10.1037/stl0000021 Meta-analyses on coffee consumption —————————————————————— - Kim, Y., Je, Y., & Giovannucci, E. (2019). Coffee consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: A meta-analysis by potential modifiers. European Journal of Epidemiology, 34(8), 731–752. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-019-00524-3 - Poole, R., Kennedy, O. J., Roderick, P., Fallowfield, J. A., Hayes, P. C., & Parkes, J. (2017). Coffee consumption and health: Umbrella review of meta-analyses of multiple health outcomes. BMJ, 359, j5024. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j5024