1. Creating a Teacher Development Program Linked to Curriculum Renewal
- Author
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Erica Ferrer Ariza and Paige Michael Poole
- Subjects
desarrollo profesional ,Curriculum renewal ,Linguistics and Language ,Teaching method ,English as a foreign language ,8 Literatura y retórica / Literature ,inglés como lengua extranjera ,lcsh:LB5-3640 ,Education ,English second language ,Mathematics education ,Curriculum development ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,Sociology ,Curriculum ,060201 languages & linguistics ,desarrollo profesoral ,05 social sciences ,Professional development ,teacher development ,050301 education ,06 humanities and the arts ,lcsh:Theory and practice of education ,0602 languages and literature ,Key (cryptography) ,renovación curricular ,Faculty development ,37 Educación / Education ,lcsh:L ,0503 education ,professional development ,lcsh:Education - Abstract
This paper presents one Colombian university English as a foreign language program’s in-house teacher development program for curriculum renewal. This program is an innovative attempt to prepare teachers for implementing a new curriculum and, simultaneously, engages them in professional development activities. The program is a response to the lack of existing teacher and professional development models that fit certain specific contextual needs, including preparation for implementing new curriculum as well as emphases in the updating of particular teaching practices. In addition to presenting the program, the article also describes the integration of key aspects of various existing models of teacher and professional development into one program that meets contextual needs while encouraging positive change among faculty and students. Este artículo presenta un programa de desarrollo profesoral de una universidad colombiana para acompañar una renovación curricular. Este modelo se presenta como una iniciativa innovadora para preparar profesores en implementar un nuevo currículo y, simultáneamente, involucrarlos en actividades de desarrollo profesional. El modelo se da en respuesta a la carencia de modelos existentes de desarrollo profesoral que respondan a las necesidades particulares de un contexto, que incluyan preparación para la implementación de un nuevo currículo, así como un énfasis en la actualización de las prácticas de enseñanza. Adicionalmente, el artículo describe la integración de aspectos clave de modelos existentes en un solo modelo que responda a las necesidades contextuales y al mismo tiempo promueva cambios positivos en los docentes, estudiantes y programas.
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- 2018