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Smith, Melissa K.; Wen, Li; Wang, Yan; Wang, Jing; Yang, Xiaoli; Wang, Zhao – Teacher Development, 2023
This article explores a mentoring program for English language teachers at a university in China. At the end of the program, the teachers and mentor reported feeling transformed and set out to investigate what was transformative about their experiences by writing final reflections. Then, the teachers and mentor became the researchers, and using a…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Faculty, English (Second Language), Language Teachers
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Baecher, Laura; Chung, Samantha – Teacher Development, 2020
Teachers who participate in learning and teaching abroad enhance their intercultural competence, develop more globally informed and critical perspectives on education, and improve their foreign language and teaching skills. However, most of the research on teacher study abroad has been conducted with pre-service rather than in-service teachers. To…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education, Service Learning
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Bohon, Leslie L.; McKelvey, Susan; Rhodes, Joan A.; Robnolt, Valerie J. – Teacher Development, 2017
Experiential learning theory places experience at the center of learning. Kolb's four-stage cycle of experiential learning suggests that effective learners must engage fully in each stage of the cycle--feeling, reflection, thinking, and action. This research assesses the alignment of Kolb's experiential learning cycle with the week-long Summer…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Instructional Improvement, English Language Learners, Faculty Development
Carrejo, David J.; Reinhartz, Judy – Teacher Development, 2014
Thirty-five elementary teachers participated in a yearlong professional development (PD) program that was designed to foster a culture of on-going teacher learning to promote the co-development of science and language literacy for English language learners (ELL). An explanatory design methodology was used to determine the degree to which science…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Reading Tests
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Abdelhafez, Ahmed – Teacher Development, 2014
This study aimed to investigate the areas that constituted the professional practical knowledge of experienced English as a Foreign Language teachers in Egypt and how their knowledge informed their classroom practice. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 236 preparatory and secondary school teachers in 38 schools through…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
Bai, Li; Millwater, Jan; Hudson, Peter – Teacher Development, 2014
English has always occupied a key position in China's education. The quality of English education depends largely on the quality of the English teaching force. Improving the overall quality of Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) teachers entails advancing both their teaching and research competence. This study, with its focus on Chinese…
Descriptors: Asians, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction