704 seminar

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Professional Growth

• Ways and Means of Developing Professional
  Competency

Seminar
By Joby John B.Ed English Education No.76 Subjec
t704
11/03/2015
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Professional Development

• A life long process
• Goals
• Understand the process of L2 learning and
  teaching
• Developing theories of learning
• Formulating more effective ways
• Sharing information etc.

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The main professional development procedures are

• Self awareness
• Reflective teaching
• Technology
• Teaching journals
• Case studies
• Action research
• Microteaching
• Peer observation
• Team teaching
• Teaching portfolios
• Mentoring

• Professional journals and web sites
• Membership of professional bodies
• Continuing education

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Self-awareness

• Conscious knowledge of one's own character,
  feelings, motives, and desires."the process can
  be painful but it leads to greater
  self-awareness"

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Reflective teaching

• Reflective teaching is a process
  where teachers think over their
  teaching practices, analyzing how something was
  taught and how the practice might be improved or
  changed for better learning outcomes.

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Technology for professional development

• Uses modern technology in teaching

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Teaching- journals and sharing language teaching
experiences

• Teachers reflections, published in journals will
  increase the professional responsibility

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Case studies

• A process or record of research into the
  development of a particular person, group, or
  situation over a period of time.
• "The case study was undertaken over a period of
  two months through a series of visits to the
  school"

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Action research

• Studies carried out in the course of an activity
  or occupation, typically in the field of
  education, to improve the methods and approach of
  those involved.

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microteaching

• Microteaching is a training technique whereby
  the teacher reviews a videotape of the lesson
  after each session, in order to conduct a
  "post-mortem". Teachers find out what has worked,
  which aspects have fallen short, and what needs
  to be done to enhance their teaching technique.

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Peer observation

• Peer observation refers to a teacher or other
  observer closely watching and monitoring a
  language lesson or part of a lesson in order to
  gain an under- standing of some aspect of
  teaching, learning, or classroom interaction.

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Team teaching

• Coordinated teaching by a team of teachers
  working together.

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Teaching portfolios

• A teaching portfolio is a living document it
  will change over time as you evaluate
  your teaching, reflect and act on the results,
  and develop varied approaches to teaching.

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Mentoring and coaching

• Provide non evaluative sources of support to
  practising teachers

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Continuing education

• Education provided for adults after they have
  left the formal education system, consisting
  typically of short or part-time courses.
• "Continuing education courses"

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Membership of professional organizations

• Membership of a professional body does not
  necessarily mean that a person possesses
  qualifications in the subject area, nor that they
  are legally able to practice their profession.
  Many of these bodies also act as
  learned societies for the academic disciplines
  underlying their professions.

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Professional journals and web sites
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Conclusion

• Professional development encompasses all types of
  facilitated learning opportunities

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References

• http//study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-reflective
  -teaching-definition-methods-quiz.html
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_developm
  ent
• http//healthcareers.about.com/od/glossary/g/profe
  ssional_gl.htm
• http//ctaar.rutgers.edu/teaching/portfolios.html

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