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Teachers Training Teachers. Or ?. Tell the truth. I’m bored. I’ve lost interest in my job. I get a lot of job satisfaction. I’m a qualified, experienced teacher. Most of these workshops and seminars are a waste of time. I want to learn something new.
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Teachers Training Teachers Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Or ? Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Tell the truth • I’m bored. I’ve lost interest in my job. • I get a lot of job satisfaction. • I’m a qualified, experienced teacher. • Most of these workshops and seminars are a waste of time. • I want to learn something new. • I haven’t got time for teacher development. • I’d like to be better but I don’t know how. Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Why develop? • Initial training is only a starter pack • Teachers and students are at the heart of the institution • Changes in education affect teachers and students most directly because thay are the ones who have to change • Development is about improving learning • We are trying to instill a culture of learning Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Teacher learning • A lot of what we know is unconscious • Teaching is a long evolutionary process • Ts tend to be isolated and competitive • Ts tend to conform to present practices in their schools • Teaching is an emotionally engaging and taxing occupation • Ts seem to enjoy and benefit from learning from each other Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
What’s wrong with INSET? • ‘’Over the past 20 years, the teaching profession has witnessed a multitude of approaches to teacher development, but few have yielded the expected results and even fewer have managed to survive the initial enthusiasm for the innovation. “The greatest problem faced by schools is not resistance to innovation, but the incoherence resulting from the uncritical acceptance of too many different innovations.“(Fullari 1991) Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Obstacles • Ts lives are complicated enough without change. • Inside out vs outside in. Experienced Ts know what they need and want. Institutional vs personal goals. • Reluctance to change. In the face of change, people revert to their original behaviour. • Influences on change are various – school leadership, T’s lives, contexts in and out of school, pay scales ........ Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
A teacher’s car Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Dangers !!! • Resistance • Fear • Dissociation • Failure • Misplaced belief • Conversion Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
TD and CPD • ‘Teacher development is the process ofbecoming the best teacher one is able to be, a process that can be started but never finished’. • ‘CPD is the attitude and process of being a lifelong learner...’ Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
In 1/3/5 years.... K Knowledge (language) S Skills (teaching) A Attitude (self) Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
You win some, you lose some • Better things replace things we are used to(technology) • We no longer agree with it (drills) • We got more experienced (correction codes) • We got lazier (finding excercises and activities) • They stopped appearing in books.(functional flowcharts and dialogues) • We forgot (dialogue building) Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Maintenance • Review your teaching • Peer observation / interactionin your institution, at conferences and workshops or internet discussion sites • Professional journals. When did you last look at a journal? • Using websites Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Ways and means Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Read Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Journals, diaries and blogs • ‘’I talked to a grey and experienced colleague about my demonstration lesson and how it had gone wrong. Served me right, he said. No class could cope with ideally planned lessons more often than once every couple of weeks. The degree of concentration necessary for such ideal lessons is beyond the kids, in fact beyond anybody.’’ Joachim Appel - Diary of a Language Teacher Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Talking about teaching Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
The adult learner • Voluntary participation - Adults will learn better in situations where they themselves choose to get involved. • Mutual respect - For adults to progress in their learning, they need to feel they are valued and respected • Collaboration - Adults learn best in situations where they can share and learn from other adults. • Action and reflectionProfessional development opportunities have to give the chance to reflect on and modify actions Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
The adult learner 2 • Organizational setting - Professional development programs need the support of the institution • Choice and change - Adults learn best when given the chance to make their own choices • Motivation - Adults engage in learning when they see that a specific learning opportunity can help them cope better with their everyday lives. • Self-direction - When teachers are given the chance to participate in the planning and implementation of programs, the results can be impressive. Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
S.M.A.R.T • Specific - Well defined • Measurable - Know if the goal is achievable and when it has been achieved • Agreed - Agreement as to what the goals should be • Realistic - Within the availability of resources, knowledge and time • Time Based - Enough time to achieve the goal, but not too much time Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Question Do you ask your students to answer the question “what have I learned today?” Do you ask yourself the same question? Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
Thank you for participating stevedarn@gmail.com www.stevedarn.com Steve Darn Celal Bayar University 30.10.2010
