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- Making Assessment a More Positive Experience
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Category Archives: research
Improving National Levels of English – What Matters Most?
Two recent projects I have worked on had the common goal of trying to understand at a national level the status of English learning and the factors that influence it. The two countries involved were Iraq and India – very … Continue reading
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Tagged educational reform, English education, India, Iraq, pre-service teacher education
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COVID and Language Teacher Education: New Research
Discussions of the impact of COVID–19 on education are understandably often framed in negative terms; the pandemic has, after all, had a massive disruptive impact on schooling globally. Teacher education – both initial teacher preparation and continuing professional development – … Continue reading
Education in Focus Podcast Series
One of the projects I recently completed (with my colleague Rob Lewis) was a podcast series about key educational issues. The podcasts (which were commissioned by the British Council) focus on South Asia, but, as you will see from the … Continue reading
Systemic barriers to practitioner research
I’ve just attended a conference in China which focused on supporting teachers in becoming researchers. Most participants were university College English teachers and one issue I found myself reflecting on throughout the event was whether our concern was academic research … Continue reading
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Teacher Confidence
I’ve worked on a few teacher development projects recently where one of the objectives has been to boost teachers’ confidence, both as speakers and teachers of English. For example, on the EfECT project in Myanmar, participants’ confidence in their English … Continue reading