tracing dynamics of intentions in greek elt

Tracing dynamics of intentions in Greek ELT

Achilleas Kostoulas

10th Annual Conference of the BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIGRecognizing complexity in language learning and teaching, 3-4 July 2014

Intentionality• a driver of activity within a system

(Stelma 2011)

• Properties:– Collective– Emergent– Generative

• Part of ‘dynamics of intentions’ (Young, DePalma, & Garrett, 2002)

Innovation ???????

Self-organisation

I n t e n ti o n a l i t y

Heterogeneity

Intentionalities• Credentialism• Protectionism• International Integration• Cultural Awareness• Supplementation

Credentialism

Credentialism

Glob

al

Cont

ext

Loca

l Co

ntex

tLa

ngua

ge

Scho

ol

Increase motivation

Maintain standards

Enhance reputation

Value attached to certificates

CLT ideology

Protectionism

Credentialism

Glob

al

Cont

ext

Loca

l Co

ntex

tLa

ngua

ge

Scho

ol

Priority of experiential knowledge

Valuation of local Pedagogical Content Knowledge

Perceived particularity of the students’ knowledge & needs

Locally published materials

Dynamic(s) of intentions

Certi

ficati

on

Integration

Cultural

awareness

Suppleme

ntation

Protection

ism

Communicative

Transmissive

Critical?

Types of change (1)From lesson to lesson

Certi

ficati

on

Suppleme

ntation

Protec

tionism

Reading lesson

Certification

Writing lesson

Integration

Types of change (2)From level to level

Suppleme

ntation

Protec

tionism

Beginners

Supplementation

Certification

Upper Intermediate

Cultural

awareness

Types of change (3)From year to year

Certification

Cultural

awareness

Suppleme

ntation

Protectionis

mDistant past

Certification

Cult.

awaren

ess

Suppleme

ntation

Protectionism

More recently

Integration

OutcomesNon-linear: the outcome was different

from the ‘aggregate’ of the intentionalities present in the system

e.g., ‘supplementation’ functions differently depending on context

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTIONAchilleas.Kostoulas@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk @AchilleasKQUESTIONS?