This book provides professional development for education practitioners as well as trainee teachers. It is comprised of reflections on the author's teaching experience, and organized into four sections: Learning, Teaching, Testing, and Professional Development. Within each sections key questions in English Language Teaching (ELT) are addressed, such as: How can we motivate learners to want to learn and develop learner autonomy? What are the best ways to integrate technology into lessons? Should we think about blended teaching instead of blended learning? Can we improve our teaching and our assessment if we change our model of English? What are some east and accessible ways to do professional development? And most importantly, how can we be better teachers. Discussion questions are provided after each section to encourage readers to reflect on their own experiences and to address these key issues for themselves, before applying the ideas to their own classrooms.

Keeping the Essence in Sight: from teaching practice to reflection and back again

Sharon Hartle
2018-01-01

Abstract

This book provides professional development for education practitioners as well as trainee teachers. It is comprised of reflections on the author's teaching experience, and organized into four sections: Learning, Teaching, Testing, and Professional Development. Within each sections key questions in English Language Teaching (ELT) are addressed, such as: How can we motivate learners to want to learn and develop learner autonomy? What are the best ways to integrate technology into lessons? Should we think about blended teaching instead of blended learning? Can we improve our teaching and our assessment if we change our model of English? What are some east and accessible ways to do professional development? And most importantly, how can we be better teachers. Discussion questions are provided after each section to encourage readers to reflect on their own experiences and to address these key issues for themselves, before applying the ideas to their own classrooms.
2018
978-1948492089
professional development, reflection, teaching practice, assessment
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