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Electronic professional development, action research and blogging: An ideal combination
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Kebble, P, Electronic professional development, action research and blogging: An ideal combination, Asian EFL Journal, 45 Article 2. ISSN 1738-1460 (2010) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) provides tools for electronic interaction that enables global dissemination of information and inter-personal connectivity. An internet-based electronic professional development course for English language teachers can allow any teacher with access to a computer and the internet to participate. Electronic professional development that utilises the Action Research (AR) paradigm allows the design of a pedagogically culturally sensitive course. Although AR has been effectively utilised within teacher professional development for over forty years (Zeichner, 2001; Parsons & Brown, 2002), it has not been widely implemented in English language teacher development (Richards & Farrell, 2005) or within electronic professional development (e-PD) courses. This paper introduces an electronic. professional development course for English language teachers (e-PD4ELT), discusses how AR can be implemented within an e-PD course, and provides an appropriate AR model for the course using a blog within a personal learning electronic environment.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | professional development, blogging, action research, on-line distance learning |
Research Division: | Education |
Research Group: | Education systems |
Research Field: | Teacher education and professional development of educators |
Objective Division: | Education and Training |
Objective Group: | Teaching and curriculum |
Objective Field: | Teacher and instructor development |
UTAS Author: | Kebble, P (Dr Paul Kebble) |
ID Code: | 95648 |
Year Published: | 2010 |
Deposited By: | Education |
Deposited On: | 2014-10-06 |
Last Modified: | 2015-02-10 |
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