- PBL is relevant for ELT = a bridge between 'classroom' and 'real life' English (Fried-Booth, 1997) since it requires authentic, communicative use of the language.
- How teachers teach is largely determined by the knowledge, attitudes, values, theories and assumptions they already hold about teaching (Breen, 1991; Woods, 1996) and these are likely to be based on their own experience as classroom learners (Lortie, 1975; Richards, 2001)
Richards, J. Gallo, P., & Renandya, W. (2001). Exploring teachers' beliefs and the processes of change. PAC, 1(1), 41-64.
Lortie, D. (1975). Schoolteacher: a Sociological Study. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Breen, M.P. (1991). Understanding the language teacher in R. Philipson, E Kellerman et al (Eds), Foreign / Second language Pedagogy Research (pp 213-233) Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
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Zhang, Y. (1999). Project-based collaborative learning. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (pp. 1960-63). San Antonio, TX: International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education.
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