A Japanese Teacher’s Beliefs in Implementing Cooperative Learning Resulting in the Changes of School Culture

Drawing from the current situations in the researches of beliefs of language teacher, the present study examines the changing teacher beliefs of an English teacher at a public high school in Japan in the process of implementing cooperative learning in his classroom. A qualitative research was conducted through four SKype interviews with the participant. The results is that some small attempts, inspiration and comradeship of the high-school English teacher resulted in the drastic changes not only in classroom practice but also, unexpectedly, the fundamental school-wide cultural transformation in the end.