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- Reforming English Pre-Service Teacher Education (Part 2)
- Reforming English Pre-Service Teacher Education (Part 1)
- International Handbook of Research on Teachers’ Beliefs (2nd Edition)
- Increasing Teacher Engagement in Online Professional Development Groups
- Improving the Effectiveness of Professional Development
- New Research on In-Service Teacher Educators
- Making Assessment a More Positive Experience
- Planning Teacher CPD – Key Principles
- Initial Teacher Education in ELT
- What do ELT Consultants Actually Do?
- Improving National Levels of English – What Matters Most?
- Assessing Children’s English – Again
- COVID and Language Teacher Education: New Research
- Video-Based Observation on Teacher Development Projects
- Incongruence in Pre-Service Teacher Education
- Remote Teacher Education
- Communities of Practice
- Teacher Appraisal
- Education in Focus Podcast Series
- Designing In-Service Workshops
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Author Archives: Simon Borg
Process and Product in Teacher Research
I’ve just returned from a very interesting assignment where I worked with a Ministry of Education which is promoting and supporting professional inquiry among English language teachers in primary and secondary schools. Teacher research is one form of professional inquiry that … Continue reading
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Presenting Research at a Conference
I recently went to another conference, this time in Cappadocia. I’d heard about the fantastic landscapes there but was not prepared for how spectacular they actually are. An hour sitting in the sun drinking Turkish coffee with some friends and … Continue reading
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Action Research
Cambridge English have for several years now been actively supporting action research for English language teachers. In Australia, their action research scheme has been run in collaboration with English Australia since 2010; in 2014, the Cambridge English-English UK action research … Continue reading
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The Benefits of Attending Conferences
I’m writing this month’s blog to accompany the publication of an article that has just appeared in ELT Journal. The full text of the advance access version of the paper is available at http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/ccu045?ijkey=u7svXbp4n4j0WIz&keytype=ref (this link takes you to a pdf of the paper … Continue reading
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11 Models for Professional Development and 11 Claims About Them
This year I’ve had the opportunity to experience or learn about a range of different professional development (i.e. for in-service teachers) initiatives in various ELT contexts worldwide. If I attempt to categorize the different approaches to professional development I have … Continue reading
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