Teachers as Learners: Learning to Learn Through Strategy Training. Part 1. Teacher Competences and Learner Strategies
Nauczyciel w roli ucznia: nauczyć się jak się uczyć poprzez trening strategii. Część 1. Kompetencje nauczyciela i strategie ucznia

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of this series of three articles is to emphasize the signi icance of implementing the learning to learnidea in pre-service teacher education and in the quali ied teacher’s career, since successful teaching necessitates developing personalized skills and strategies necessary for further, continued or lifelong learning. In Part I., the author presents formal quali ications, knowledge and skills second/foreign language teachers are expected to acquire in Polish and European teacher training institutions and pays special attention to the ability to promote learner autonomy through skillful teaching of varied learning strategies. In Part II., she discusses essential roles and tasks modern language teachers need to be able to perform with regard to strategy training and stresses the need for educating ‘strategic’ teachers able to foster learner self-regulated learning. In Part III., the author presents the results of her empirical studies aimed at helping teacher trainees learn to learn by expanding individualized strategy repertoires; she also proposes practical ways of incorporating learning strategy instruction into teacher education.

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