Teacher development via the internet
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The document discusses the significance of teacher development through online platforms, emphasizing peer dialogue and collaboration as vital tools for improving teaching practices. It highlights the importance of communities of practice and shared resources for professional growth, encouraging teachers to take responsibility for their own development. Various online resources, networks, and forums are mentioned to facilitate participation and enhance teaching effectiveness.
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Teacher development via the internet
- 1. Teacher Development Via the Internet Peter Beech
- 2. The Practice of Teaching • providing instruction • developing productive relationships with colleagues and administrators, • establishing productive relationships with parents • establishing productive relationships with pupils • maintaining continuous professional growth and development • transforming schools http://www.ced.appstate.edu/intercollege/3850/readings/cop.html
- 3. Development / Training “A functioning teacher development group will be a teacher-led peer group which sets its own agenda. A teacher training group, by its nature, will not be a peer group, will have an outstanding agenda and will be conducted or initiated by ‘an authority’.” Paul Davis http://www.hltmag.co.uk/feb99/mart1.htm
- 4. Teacher Development Continuing development throughout our careers is essential if we are to reach our full potential, enhancing both our professional competence and our personal fulfillment.
- 5. Our priorities include: • What hinders and what helps me in doing that? • How can I help myself by working with like-minded people? • How can I become the best teacher that I can be? • What does development mean to me in my context? IATEFL TD SIG http://personales.jet.es/bazkat/about.htm
- 6. Dialogue with Colleagues Dialogue with colleagues is the major tool teachers have available to use for the improvement of their practices. Connelly and Clandenin (1988)
- 7. Ways to Benefit • participation in a discussion group • accessing research published on the web • publishing our own articles in online journals.
- 8. Sharing Practice With Fellow-practitioners We provide ideas and resources for colleagues to use, while gaining valuable feedback which stimulates new cycles of action research.
- 10. Community of Practice Various internet facilities can facilitate induction and participation in peer networks to support our professional development.
- 11. “Modern theories of learning and professional development stress the importance of reflection on experience, peer enquiry, the need to embed training in practice, and of collaboration (Schön 1987; Vygotsky, 1978; Kolb, 1984; Wenger, 1998).” Phil Riding www.icce2001.org/cd/pdf/poster1/uk102.pdf
- 12. “Teacher networks and communities are excellent ways of fostering the conditions in which such collegiate, reflective, practice-based development can take place (Lieberman, 2000).” Phil Riding www.icce2001.org/cd/pdf/poster1/uk102.pdf
- 13. distributed individuals > network > community The forming of ties between individuals in on-line environments Reilly, R.A., (1999)
- 14. ‘A community of practice is different from a network in the sense that it is “about” something; it is not just a set of relationships. It has an identity as a community, and thus shapes the identities of its members.’ (Wenger, 1998)
- 16. Professional Growth An important characteristic of persons who are members of CoPs is that they assume responsibility for their own professional growth and development.
- 17. By creating a telecommunications network dedicated to teacher professional development we hoped to entool teachers with the mechanisms for defining and "growing" their own professional development Collaborative Electronic Network Building by Vanessa DiMauro and Gloria Jacobs The Journal of Computers in Math and Science Teaching February 1995
- 18. Building Community True communities are much more than just Web sites, communication tools or gatherings of people. Communities require member participation and contribution, ownership, quality support and facilitation, shared direction, goals and projects. (Wellman & Gulia, 1997; Palloff & Pratt, 1999; Kim, 2000).
- 19. Resources Available on the Internet • Journals • Discussion boards • Online teaching resources • Newsgroups
- 20. Journals TEFL Web Journal http://www.teflweb-j.org “TEFL Web Journal is a free, Web based forum for adult level teachers, teacher trainers and researchers world-wide.”
- 21. Discussion Boards Developing Teachers.com Forums for the developing language teacher http://foro.developingteachers.com
- 22. Online Teaching Resources http://www.onestopenglish.com “Solutions for English teaching”
- 23. Newsgroups • TESL-L • Dogme • TD SIG • ELT discussion lists in Greece
- 24. TESL-L • http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/~tesl-l • To join TESL-L: SUB TESL-L firstname lastname • TESL-L was founded in May, 1991 • As of December 4, 2002, we have 29,232 members in 161 countries. Our message average is 10 per day
- 27. Dogme • "No one can be told what [dogme] is... they have to see it for themselves.“ • www.teaching-unplugged.com • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme • Members: 175 • Founded: Mar 9, 2000 • 2882 messages
- 28. IATEFL TD SIG • http://personales.jet.es/bazkat/ • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TDSIG • Members: 52 • Founded: Jul 10, 2000
- 29. Websites and discussion lists in Greece (1) TESOL Greece • www.tesolgreece.com • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tesolgreece • Members: 124 • Founded: Jun 27, 2000
- 30. Websites and discussion lists in Greece (2) TEFL-GR • www.teflgr.angelcities.com • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tefl-gr/ • Members: 64 • Founded: Oct 22, 1998
- 31. Websites and discussion lists in Greece (3) Anglo-Hellenic • www.anglo-hellenic.com • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/anglo-hellenic • Members: 411 • Founded: Jun 25, 1999
- 32. Websites and discussion lists in Greece (4) Greek ELT • www.greekelt.net • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreekE LTfeedback/ • Members: 11 • Founded: Oct 23, 2001
- 33. The newsgroup as a community of practice
- 34. Teacher Professional Development • Co-operative design • Building community • Fostering participation • Collaboration among teachers
- 35. Participation Engagement with such a community can provide a channel for development, leading from peripheral to full participation.
- 36. Legitimate Peripheral Participation A CoP is comprised of a wide range of expertise in its membership, ranging from apprentice to expert. Inducting apprentices into the community sustains a CoP. http://www.ced.appstate.edu/intercollege/3850/readings/cop.html
- 37. “Practice is an effective teacher and the community of practice an ideal learning environment.” Brown & Duguid (2000)